If it’s any consolation, you no longer walk alone. At least, not on the labor front.
Stress? Resolve? Hope? You can feel it in their voices
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 15, 2021
Today, for the first time at mcknights.com, you can read about and HEAR about agency staffing and other key issues straight from providers’ mics.
No resting on laurels
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 07, 2021
Welcome to the new McKnight’s. You’ve told us you find McKnight’s to be informative, trustworthy and essential. With our redesign, we’re building on all three of those distinguished traits.
For providers, this isn’t just a game
By
John O'Connor
Oct 04, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) could be playing a game of Chicken that could prove very costly for long-term care operators and a lot of others.
Put this on repeat: Heroes shine in stormy weather
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 08, 2021
Hurricane Ida’s remnants inundated parts of New Jersey with up to 10 inches of rain in violent downpours last Wednesday, but an outpouring of support from the state’s largest private nursing home operator...
Who invited them?
By
John O'Connor
Sep 07, 2021
After O’Connor family gatherings, it’s always the outrageous attendees who are remembered and later talked about. Nursing home operators can relate, as they’re being reminded yet again after...
When nursing home residents don’t count
By
John O'Connor
Aug 30, 2021
The knives are out, now that former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo has resigned.
Let’s give vets a fighting chance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 25, 2021
As with Afghanistan, some veterans homes have collapsed under the weight of a crisis, despite the backing of the U.S. government.
Labor help you can’t believe in
By
John O'Connor
Aug 23, 2021
Elon Musk is apparently not satisfied with disrupting the transportation, space exploration and telecommunications sectors. Now he is setting his sights on long-term care.
Long-term care’s resistance movement
By
John O'Connor
Aug 09, 2021
The federal government is urging providers to get staff vaccinated against COVID-19. The major trade groups in this field are doing the same.