Jaclyn Gardner, director, operations management at LCS in Des Moines, IA, is a Veteran VIP honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Kelly Pero-Petty, 2024 Rising Star honoree
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 11, 2024
Kelly Pero-Petty, vice president of business development at Ignite Medical Resorts in Park Ridge, IL, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Christian Grunder, 2024 Rising Star honoree
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 09, 2024
Christian Grunder, vice president of human resources at Givens Communities in Asheville, NC, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Lauren DiZio, 2024 Rising Star honoree
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 08, 2024
Lauren DiZio, senior director of clinical operations at Innovive Health in Medford, MA, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Christine Slater, 2024 Spirit Award winner
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 01, 2024
Christine Slater, caregiver at HomeWell Care Services in Worthington, OH, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Carol Gordon, 2024 Spirit Award winner
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Adam Healy
Jun 28, 2024
Carol Gordon, resident care associate at The Village at Willow Crossings in Waltham, MA, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Nursing homes left in the dark when utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
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Kate Ruder, KFF Health News
Jun 10, 2024
As preemptive power cuts become more widespread, nursing homes are being forced to evaluate their preparedness. But it shouldn’t be up to the facilities alone, according to industry officials and academics.
Gender, identity emerge as new EEOC issue for skilled nursing employers
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Josh Henreckson
May 30, 2024
Amid quickly shifting cultural norms and a changing legal landscape, legal experts say skilled nursing providers must better understand how to protect employees from sex and gender discrimination — including...
Technology, advocacy required to empower workers in LTC, healthcare’s ‘hardest setting’
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, skilled nursing and senior living leaders are both going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to grow their direct care...
Lynn Hood to receive 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
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James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2024
Lynn Hood, a long-term care executive well-known for answering the call to act under emergency conditions and being a champion of employees, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award...