We know many of you are still sitting out the travel season, whether due to the pandemic or needing all-hands on deck inside your short-staffed facilities. The McKnight’s team will be working double-time...
For providers, this isn’t just a game
By
John O'Connor
Oct 04, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) could be playing a game of Chicken that could prove very costly for long-term care operators and a lot of others.
The LTC leader who may never know how lucky he was
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2021
It’s always good to see long-term care luminary Larry Minnix, in person or in the news. He popped up most recently as a new inductee for the CCRC Hall of Fame, a natural fit if there ever was one. He...
Can two industries fighting for workers unite in the caregiving crisis?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2021
Pitting the long-term care industry’s needs against those of the childcare industry would be short-sighted.
What in the name of God is going on?
By
John O'Connor
Sep 27, 2021
Seems like a lot of people are finding religion these days. Or to be more accurate, their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
1 may be the loneliest, but it’s hardly the scariest number now for providers
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 24, 2021
There are lies, damn lies and statistics. That’s how Mark Twain is famously credited with characterizing research numbers.
‘Let’s be careful out there’
By
John O'Connor
Sep 20, 2021
Well, the fall conference season kicked off in Phoenix last week.
Scooped once but the next COVID-19 bombshell could be theirs
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 17, 2021
Hypotheses about the value of COVID-19 vaccinations for long-term care staff could be blown out of the water soon.
One more shot at being superhuman
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 15, 2021
Normally, my family spends Labor Day weekend at a rustic cabin in the wooded foothills of Western Maryland, nestled just between the Pennsylvania and West Virginia borders. There’s no TV, spotty (if...
‘Now we are engaged in a great civil war’
By
John O'Connor
Sep 13, 2021
iI some ways, we are now involved in a civil war. This modern-day battle pits those in favor of COVID-19 vaccinations against those who remain opposed.