Bill targeting long-term care facilities would add new emergency requirements
By
Joe Bush
Oct 14, 2022
Long-term care facilities would need to have a crisis plan to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 or other public health emergencies, have a stockpile of personal protective equipment, keep families of LTC...
Leadership, passion for long-term care on display at 6th annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Skilled nursing, senior living and home care representatives celebrated the accomplishments of dozens of professional standouts during the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum ceremony...
Many nursing home staff fearful of retaliation by superiors: study
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 20, 2023
Direct care workers in nursing homes feared retaliation from managers in a significant portion of cases recently investigated, according to a new study.
39 days and counting until Women of Distinction gala and forum
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 05, 2024
There’s just a little more than a month until the 6th Annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards ceremony and forum take place.
BREAKING: Congressional study eviscerates for-profit nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 21, 2022
Dire conditions inside for‑profit nursing home chains contributed to deadly, early-pandemic conditions inside facilities, while “convoluted corporate structures” may have helped companies “obscure...
Meet Andrew Carle, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Industry Ally’ honoree
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 02, 2024
List “retirement” as one more thing COVID-19 disrupted for Andrew Carle, who had planned to step down as executive director of The Virginian, a Life Care Services-managed community in Fairfax, VA,...
Symptomless COVID infections found in almost half of US adults, CDC says
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
Approximately 44% of US adults were “possibly asymptomatically infected,” between August 2021 and May 2022, blood serum evidence shows.
It’s time to prep comments to CMS on its proposed nursing home staffing mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2023
Operators can now get started on submitting comments critiquing the administrations proposed nursing home minimum staffing mandate.
Skilled nursing’s best-read columns and blogs of 2023
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 20, 2023
The rich mix of insights offered at mcknights.com is always a highlight of the year, and 2023 was certainly no exception.
AMA asks clinicians to reduce focus on BMI as health measure
Jun 15, 2023
The American Medical Association is encouraging clinicians to reduce their focus on body mass index. The measure is a flawed tool and should be considered alongside other measures such as genetics and...