10,000 lakes and one less nursing home: Spotlight on a facility closure
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 10, 2013
Minnesota appears to be on the ball when it comes to long-term care. It regularly rates at or near the top when states are ranked on LTC services. Yet, Minnesota also is on the leading edge of a more troublesome...
Pharmacy partnerships help reduce readmissions
By
Tom Rhoads
Apr 16, 2013
Most of us are familiar with the statistics: one in five Medicare patients is readmitted within 30 days, at a cost of $26 billion annually. But the personal experiences behind readmissions tell a much...
Gideon was wrong
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 22, 2018
For every long-term care staff member who wolfs meals at your desk while multitasking on important care-related duties, this is my fervent hope and prayer: that the gruesome and disturbing story I’m...
Lights, camera, lawsuit
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 21, 2013
To give credit where it’s due, when the New York Times does a story on nursing homes, it tends to give up enough space to get multiple sides, not to mention sources that include the industry checklist...
Coordinated care: Recommendations to improve quality
By
Bruce Chernof, M.D.
Dec 11, 2017
Despite all of us having heard at least one story of good medicine gone wrong, coordinating care among skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and home- and community-based services (HCBS) can be a win-win situation.
Comparing energy-efficient light bulbs with old-tech lamps
By
Michael Chotiner
Dec 26, 2016
It’s been nearly two years since U.S. manufacturers stopped making conventional 40- and 60-watt incandescent lightbulbs. While you can still find a few on store shelves, the familiar incandescent...
Person-centered confusion — and the value of a milkshake
By
Aug 08, 2017
It was a bit disheartening to read some of the comments we received on a story covering a resident-focused care session at a recent national conference. The commenters seemed to immediately pole vault...
The image of LTC in the arts
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Aug 01, 2017
Playwrights continue to do long-term care no favors, so providers need to continue to share stories of the good work they’re doing. It’s the way to help create a more realistic picture of LTC...
I can’t get no-o-o-o … satisfaction
By
Mary Gustafson
Jan 12, 2012
Anyone who works in long-term care or aging services — or who writes about it every day — likes to see headlines like this: “Sexual satisfaction highest in oldest, youngest women, study says.”...
It’s time to #BrightenUpLTC
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 27, 2018
Here at McKnight’s, we set out to fill each day’s newsletter with information, opinion and analysis that help skilled nursing operators do their jobs better. Sometimes that includes shedding light...