Growing up, we had a saying when we wanted to cross a busy street but couldn’t catch a break from drivers. “C’mon,” one of us would gamely yell, while pulling the others onto the...
Profile — One cool customer: Sen. Herbert H. Kohl, Chairman, Senate Committee on Aging
By
James M. Berklan
May 09, 2007
Leaders of the Senate Special Committee on Aging have been known to bring havoc and pain to nursing home operators. They call hearings on touchy subjects, grandstand and seek their next rung on a career...
Vision 2025 brightens future of LTC leader training
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 23, 2019
Providers and educators have entered a new stage of long-term care leadership development
Latest therapy-billing showdown could be ominous sign for long-term care providers
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 10, 2014
Don’t let anyone tell you that long-term care operators don’t know how to read between the lines. They might not have known to fear a McKnight’s Monday news item before it broke, but...
A long-term care truth: It’s not always about you
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 03, 2019
We are stronger together than we are apart.
Life Care Centers President Beecher Hunter calls it a (second) career
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 25, 2020
Beecher Hunter, the president of Life Care Centers of America for the last 14 years, will retire from his post overseeing the chain’s 208 nursing homes on Nov. 2. He will remain in an advisory role until...
Yarwood proves he’s a fighter
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 12, 2010
The voice on the other end of the phone was as crisp as ever, the wisecracks as sharp as before. But just a few minutes after talking to Bruce Yarwood, it was clear this was a different man.
The Person of the Year
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 13, 2020
There is no Person of the Year contest this year. It’s been decided for a long time already
… and now back to that little ol’ entity called HCR ManorCare
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 08, 2018
While so much talk has been about ProMedica’s daring venture into long-term care, it seems a lot has been overlooked about the former No. 1 nursing home chain in the country that it has partnered...
A reason for providers to smile amid so much angst
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 30, 2017
Sure, a tax overhaul bill that has a significant segment of providers quivering is picking up steam and should be on the president’s desk soon. But there’s also other legislation being considered...