Backup generators would help prevent evacuations, fire chiefs say
Jan 03, 2008
Nursing homes place a major strain on the emergency medical system when they are forced to evacuate to hospitals. When winter and summer storms hit last year, facilities in the St. Louis area without backup...
Nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano: Not guilty!
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
For three weeks, spanning August and September, much of the national nursing home community was glued to goings-on in a place they had never heard of before: St. Francisville, LA. Or at least they should...
Nursing homes sue over minimum staffing ratios, mandatory spending levels
By
Danielle Brown
May 25, 2022
Nonprofit New York nursing homes are taking action against the state in a push to overturn “illegal and unconstitutional” policies that establish a minimum staffing requirement and spending mandates...
Are value-based payments the best CMS can do for nursing home residents? A call for stronger action
By
Marissa Bergh
Nov 04, 2022
America’s nursing homes are in crisis, and the government has been complicit. In the past 2 and a half years, COVID-19 has killed more than 158,000 nursing home residents. These facilities, filled with...
No shore thing for seniors’ long-term care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2021
Here in the Mid-Atlantic, it’s finally beach season, even if the ocean is still a brisk 60 degrees. We’ll set off for the Delaware shore in a few weeks in our big ol’ SUV, with a roof rack loaded...
Distressed or ready to reset? At LTC 100, execs share thoughts on 2022 outlook
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2022
Investors making a long play will help buoy the skilled nursing industry as operators navigate mounting financial and regulatory pressures, and that’s just one reason a group of executives and analysts...
New McKnight’s survey shows nursing homes’ most popular strategies for recruiting, keeping staff...
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 21, 2020
The latest McKnight’s Flash Survey has revealed a creative, determined workforce that nonetheless is starting to show cracks in resilience and job satisfaction 10 months into the biggest public health...
The top long-term care news stories of 2021
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 26, 2021
Here’s a rundown of the top stories that McKnight’s Long-Term Care News readers opened over the past 12 months.
Bill would grant states money to pay for background checks for nursing home employees
Mar 20, 2009
(Editor’s note: In an earlier version of this story, we reported that providers would be responsible for paying for fees associated with employee background checks. That is not necessarily the case....
Schiavo case showed media’s power to affect end-of-life decisions, report says
Sep 05, 2008
Many factors contribute to the end-of-life decision-making process: the opinions of family and friends, financial considerations, and religion. Now, a recent report based on the Terri Schiavo news story...