Innovation has driven changes in furniture and design over the last decade as providers search for the best combinations for their vulnerable populations.
New COVID vaccine threats emerge as mandate ends
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 11, 2023
The end of the nationwide healthcare worker requirement came as good news to many who saw it as an obstacle to hiring. Yet experts warned that the federal change could lead to new and potentially costly...
Dry powder vs. powder keg
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2021
Minor occupancy gains, inflation fears could ignite, making 2021 an ideal time to buy or sell skilled nursing assets. Will occupancy, labor and interest rate worries inhibit the optimism?
$2.8M lawsuit challenges competitor’s nonprofit status
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2019
A nursing home operator in Arkansas has taken aim at the Community Compassion Center brand, alleging in court that the competitor running those facilities is using nonprofit status to avoid accountability. ...
Patrick Stapleton is still delivering, with care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 02, 2020
Patrick Stapleton, CEO, Sherrill House
Today’s mobile LTC resident can add layers of complication to bathing safety
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2019
Given an increasingly ambulatory population, the presence of water and the kind of warm and moist environment that invites bacteria to breed, risk is inherent in skilled nursing bathing areas.
Dina Besirevic is finding her home in LTC
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
Dina Besirevic, Regional Clinical Reimbursement Consultant, Villa Healthcare
Sondra Norder is controlling the narrative
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Sondra Norder, President and CEO of St. Paul Elder Services
Antibiotics under fire: Providers must master new methods to keep use down
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 02, 2018
Skilled nursing facilities must treat both pressure ulcers and surgical site wounds, and never has there been more focus on treating them successfully to minimize infection. The profession is also under...
A night to remember: McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards ceremony, forum returns in style
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2022
McKnight’s honored more than 50 women leaders in the long-term care, senior living and home care fields this spring with its return to a grand in-person Women of Distinction Awards ceremony and forum.