After weeks of waiting, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) officially introduced a bill aiming to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing mandate.
Nursing shortage is affecting patient care, nurses charge in poll
By
Diane Eastabrook
Nov 11, 2022
The nursing shortage is taking a toll on patients, according to respondents in a recent poll by nurse staffing platform Connectrn.
Working smarter, not longer: Overcoming staff vacancies by improving operational efficiency
Nov 22, 2022
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Decorating project draws on medication aide’s fine art background
By
Josh Henreckson
May 23, 2024
“When people walk into that common space, the first thing that they do is look up,” said Anna Halvorson, administrator at the Good Samaritan Society – Lakota.
For-profit providers still on hot seat in final House COVID report
By
Joe Bush
Dec 12, 2022
Months after its first attack, a key House COVID subcommittee on Friday targeted five of the nation’s five largest for-profit nursing home companies over low staffing and wages and slow vaccine booster...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 18, 2022
Though facility staff shortages down by one-fourth in 2022, specific trouble areas remain … Maryland gives nursing homes $25 million of new COVID funds … NY gives state-employed nurses big raises …...
Meet Capital Funding Group’s Jack Dwyer, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Business Partner’...
By
Kimberly Hartley
Apr 20, 2023
Sure, Jack Dwyer has financed more than $16 billion in deals for the senior living and care industry since starting Capital Funding Group in 1993 as a one-stop-shop financing solution. But how many other...
Telehealth and therapy services: Let’s keep it going!
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
May 19, 2023
It’s pretty simple, really. Telehealth in physical, occupational and speech therapy allows more treatment for seniors, and better access. By reducing travel times for therapists between facilities,...
McKnight’s Product Theater
Jun 01, 2023
Presentations by Apploi and MissionCare
Wednesday’s Workforce Development Forum offers timely skilled nursing hiring and retention strategies
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2023
Want easy access to some of the nation’s best nursing and retention experts? Join us Wednesday, Feb. 15 for the year’s first McKnight’s Workforce Development Forum.