From an early age onward, Judy Feder learned how to stick up for herself. The third of four girls raised by an English immigrant salesman and a bookkeeper mother, Feder says she was told by her father...
Survivors of Pinelake nursing home shooting face ‘long healing process,’ head of North Carolina...
Mar 31, 2009
Staff members, families and residents of Pinelake Health and Rehab in Carthage, NC, are still in shock after a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage that left eight people dead and three injured at the...
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patricia Will answers important questions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2022
2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner shares the words she lives by, the biggest surprise of her career, advice for people considering careers in long-term care,...
BREAKING: Feds partner with CVS, Walgreens to provide pending COVID-19 vaccinations to all senior care...
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 16, 2020
Residents and workers of all long-term care settings will receive free vaccinations against the coronavirus onsite under a special public-private partnership with pharmaceutical giants CVS and Walgreens,...
Profile: Kathy Greenlee – Not in Kansas anymore
By
Liza Berger
Jan 01, 2010
Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging, HHS
A new perspective
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2008
Alice Hedt, Executive Director, NCCNHR
It’s muscle memory: Brain exercises are reaching a new level of function and fun
By
John Andrews
May 01, 2010
Mental ‘workouts’ long have been seen as an effective way to fight dementia. But the range of new products available takes the concept a step further…
BREAKING: Ownership changes go public in fresh CMS move
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 20, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services early Wednesday announced it had posted data on nursing home ownership changes to its website in an effort to increase transparency.
Nursing homes ‘really at the brink’: Providers beg families to not visit for Thanksgiving
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2020
Providers across the country are pleading with residents’ families and loved ones to find alternative ways to celebrate the upcoming holidays in order to prevent further disaster at nursing homes.
FocusOn Briefs
Jul 01, 2020
Cardinal Health introduces the SkinHealth360 platform; Seni partners with National Association for Continence; SpiderTech kinesiology tape addresses PPE skin issues; Tissue Analytics acquired; AmeriPride...