Outlook 2024: On staffing, operators say they’ll ‘find a way’ but agency boom, admission restrictions...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
More than half — 55% — of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024...
Pandemic is over, but most older adults still aren’t out and about
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 15, 2024
Even though COVID-19 lockdowns are a thing of the past, older adults are still staying home and socializing less, according to research.
‘Perfect storm’ of inflation, low reimbursement to drive mergers and acquisitions: 2023 Outlook Survey
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2023
Nearly 40% of skilled nursing owners, top executives and administrators expect they will sell some or all of their nursing home holdings in the coming year, the McKnight’s 2023 Outlook survey reveals.
‘Bleak’ outlook: Unknowns and impossibilities shrink provider optimism for 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 02, 2024
After rebounding from the pandemic’s darkest days, many skilled nursing administrators and nurse leaders are again feeling less-than-excited about the sector’s future heading into 2024.
Are you a skilled nursing leader? Tell us your outlook for 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2023
Want to weigh in on the future of the skilled nursing sector and help shape news coverage for the year ahead? The 2024 McKnight’s Annual Outlook survey is now open!
See the future. Make the future. McKnight’s Outlook 2024 survey now needs your insight
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 15, 2023
It takes just a handful of mouse-clicks to take the 2024 McKnight’s Annual Outlook survey. It’s free, it’s anonymous and it will not only lead to story coverage in the week ahead, it will...
Even with its own float pool, this provider is flooded with open nursing positions
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Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 11, 2023
A Pennsylvania nonprofit long-term care provider recently showed its ingenuity by creating an internal staffing agency, or float pool, to cope with staffing shortages and high temporary agency costs. But...
Care for dementia patients declined due to pandemic, South Korean study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 08, 2024
Researchers evaluated changes in mortality and mental and physical loss in people with dementia during the pandemic. There weren’t big changes in death, but loss rose after February 2020 — about the...
The big heart needed to care for residents of long-term care communities? It’s just as necessary for those operating the administrative offices and ensuring the industry’s financial health.
Gripped by uncertainty, skilled nursing providers just keep breathing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2024
Uncertainty may very well be the defining outlook for skilled nursing providers in 2024. At the very least, it was the theme that dominated our annual survey attempting to capture your attitudes heading...