How to respond to growing threat of multi-drug resistant organisms focus of Aug. 24 webinar
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 12, 2021
Candida auris. Methicillin/oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci. The growing list of multi-drug resistant organisms is enough to worry any nursing home leader. These...
Meet Kim Te Brugge, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 09, 2021
Kim Te Brugge has been serving the healthcare community for more than 20 years — and across two countries.
Meet Nemse Paguntalan, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 09, 2021
Beginning a career in healthcare and being able to care for others are difficult enough on their own, but add a limited knowledge of English and U.S. culture, and it becomes all the more daunting. But...
Meet Kendra King-Smith, Rising Star honoree
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Emma Baumgartel
Aug 09, 2021
Kendra King-Smith, executive director, Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Duncanville, TX is in the 2021 class of McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star honoree.
Meet Estela Divino, Veteran VIP honoree
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Emma Baumgartel
Aug 06, 2021
Estela Divino, director of social work, Regal Heights Rehabilitation Center, Jackson Heights, NY is in the class of 2021 Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP honoree.
Meet Jana Pauldin, Rising Star honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 06, 2021
Pauldin is the vice president of membership and chapter relations at the American College of Health Care Administrators in Washington, D.C.
Meet Nicole Steck-Waitt, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 05, 2021
Nicole Steck-Waitt has been heard saying, “I was put on this earth to serve others” to her colleagues. According to them, she proves that every day.
Meet Barbara Galindo, Veteran VIP honoree
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Emma Baumgartel
Aug 05, 2021
Barbara Galindo, administrator, Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon, Miami is in the 2021 class of Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP honoree.
Meet Jaime Smiley, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Aug 04, 2021
Jaime Smiley, clinical education coordinator, Medical Facilities of America, Roanoke, VA is in the 2021 class of Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP honoree.
Meet Marissa Kalama, Rising Star honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 04, 2021
Marissa Kalama has known from a young age that she wanted to work with older adults, but her main inspiration came from her own grandmother, someone she calls “Superwoman.”