The international attention over the incident concerning an independent living facility’s refusal to give CPR, as a matter of policy, has inspired a lot of clutching of pearls regarding long-term...
The easy way to get LTC experts into your office
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 06, 2013
Nobody should pass up the opportunity to have a nationally respected professional expert visit his or her office. The chance to get six in there in a short amount of time? Outrageous. Yet, it’s going...
Is ‘murse’ OK? Tips for gender integrated nursing staffs
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 05, 2013
McKnight’s Senior Editor Elizabeth Newman recently raised some thought-provoking questions about how “women manage women” in long-term care facilities with largely female staffs. Her...
Is ‘murse’ OK? Tips for gender integrated nursing staffs
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 05, 2013
McKnight’s Senior Editor Elizabeth Newman recently raised some thought-provoking questions about how “women manage women” in long-term care facilities with largely female staffs. Her...
LTC insurance adjustment: Smart business move or blatant sexism?
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2013
There’s an adage about insurance coverage: While the big print giveth, the small print taketh away. Genworth Financial — one of the nation’s largest long-term care insurance carriers –...
Catfight on the SNF floor
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 28, 2013
Let’s pretend that you work in a facility or company with mostly female employees. I know, it’s a stretch. When conflicts arise between two women, what do you think?
Resident who tried to murder assisted living supervisor escapes prosecution
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 27, 2013
The 87-year-old man who said he tried to kill an assistant living supervisor because he felt “bullied” will not be prosecuted for shooting the long-term care employee once in the stomach.
Resident or inmate, or both?
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 26, 2013
Is it a nursing home … or a prison? That sounds like a shady lawyer trolling for clients, but it’s an urgent question for the residents of Rocky Hill, CT. And it may be a pressing question...
For long-term care operators, safe bets can be anything but
By
John O'Connor
Feb 25, 2013
If there’s one thing long-term care operators contemplating the coming years should know by now, it’s this: There are no guarantees. That’s worth keeping in mind as various can’t-miss...
Why long-term care operators are wary – and weary – of sequestration fiasco
By
John O'Connor
Feb 22, 2013
Well, here we go again. Less than three months after President Obama and Congress narrowly avoided walking off a fiscal cliff, we’re bracing for Round 2. Only this time, we’re all a bit worse...