Learn more about Hannah Sizemore, Administrator, Barbourville Health & Rehabilitation Center, Barbourville KY.
Meet Genevieve Gipson, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Jul 24, 2023
Learn more about Genevieve Gipson, RN, MEd, Director and Founder, National Network of Career Nursing Assistants, Norton, OH.
FDA greenlights first home COVID test with traditional premarket review
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2023
The Cue COVID-19 Molecular Test is the first at-home COVID-19 test to be granted marketing authorization outside of emergency use authorities, representing a new era of consumer access to diagnostic tests,...
CDC recommends three flu vaccine types for older adults this year
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 25, 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared its yearly flu shot recommendations on Wednesday, urging older adults to get the vaccine.
Skilled nursing’s 2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards finalists announced
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 21, 2023
Finalists for the 2023 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards were announced today by program organizers.
Providers urged to remember COVID-19 tactics as dangerous flu season looms
By
Joe Bush
Oct 06, 2022
Influenza, once the respiratory scourge that nursing home residents and professionals feared the most each year before COVID-19 hit, should be back on providers’ radar in a big way, experts warn.
Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line wins Tech Gold in Quality for falls-prevention program
By
Foster Stubbs
Nov 29, 2023
Editor’s note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are publishing focused articles on the 2023 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology...
FDA approves pill to treat deadly C. difficile infections
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2023
The first-of-its-kind fecal microbiota pill treats recurrent infections caused by Clostridium difficile, an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that’s a danger to nursing home residents.
4 nursing homes close, citing state’s 2-beds-per-room limit
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 10, 2023
Four more nursing homes in Massachusetts announced they will close, chased out of the state by a “reconfiguring” reform meant to improve the quality of care but possibly doing the opposite.
Consulate hit by Hive cyberattack, threatened with patient, staff data exposure
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 13, 2023
Hackers have hit a major nursing home chain, potentially exposing a significant amount of patient and staff data in a brazen extortion attempt.