Nursing homes come to the rescue of elderly loved ones every day. But a story out of Springfield, IL, shows they can also come to the aid of our furry friends.
Whose story does your therapy documentation tell?
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 02, 2018
Therapy documentation should tell a story.
Marketing Matters: Telling a story
By
Pam Selker Rak
Jan 20, 2016
There’s no doubt that the changes ushered in by the ACA also demand new attention to your marketing.
We all have stories
By
Mary Gustafson
Jan 05, 2012
I recently stumbled on one of the most captivating obituaries I’ve ever read. It chronicled the life of a woman named Lana Peters, who died in a Wisconsin nursing home. The reason her death made...
Taking stock of a new business model for long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Oct 22, 2012
It’s getting tougher to figure out how and where to compete in the changing healthcare landscape. So what’s an operator to do? Here’s my suggestion: Go to your local grocery store.
A workers’ compensation success story
By
Ellen Burke
Mar 03, 2017
When an injured employee is out of work, there is a potential that the injury will impact an organization’s productivity, efficiency and overtime costs.
The stories behind ‘Still Alice’
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Nov 10, 2015
In researching story ideas for McKnight’s, I come across a lot of scientific articles on the latest and greatest breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research. Unfortunately, between...
Nurse Strom and the comment section conundrum
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Dec 13, 2016
It’s very fitting, and not at all surprising to me, that a story on social media comments has stirred up some of most intense reader response I’ve seen on this site in a while.
GoFundMe campaign covers nurse’s fine, but should it ever be paid?
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 20, 2017
The saga of nurse Carolyn Strom has been one of our most popular over the last six months. She is, of course, the Canadian who vented about her grandparents’ healthcare on Facebook and was fined...
Thanks for telling your story
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 24, 2021
As a journalist, there’s not much better than writing a story that touches a nerve and gets people talking. When you share our work, we know we’ve hit on a critical topic or found a new perspective...