NIC brings senior housing and care its first professional investor credential
By
Serena Lipton
Dec 11, 2023
The Certified Senior Housing Investment Professional designation, the first and only professional certification tailored specifically for investment and real estate professionals in the senior housing...
No longer the CMS boss, Verma sounds more like provider friend than foe
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 03, 2023
Dwell on the past too much at your own peril, but providers could be forgiven if Seema Verma had them fondly looking back Wednesday.
How LTC facilities can use communication technology to avoid compliance traps
By
Gary Hamilton
Frances Carroll
Apr 02, 2024
“If it is not documented, it is not done” is a fundamental rule of healthcare. For those who work in long-term care (LTC) and skilled nursing, a relevant version of this rule is, “If a staff member...
Steven Nash: DC’s own LTC Renaissance man
By
Anjali Byju
Oct 10, 2023
Steven Nash is an ordained deacon, father of three and self-professed “nature lover.” He’s also president and CEO of Stoddard Baptist Home Foundation, the longest serving African-American nursing...
Start walking the staffing walk
By
Abby Spence
Feb 28, 2024
The long-term care industry is up against many different fronts right now. One of the main “fronts” is the potential staffing mandate that is ever looming. It is a dark cloud of a waiting game....
Thirty elite long-term care leaders have been elected to the second annual class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards winners, organizers announced Monday.
Five deprescribing strategies for reducing the risks of polypharmacy
By
Monica Ott
Nov 07, 2023
Medication management in nursing homes is complicated and time consuming. It can also be fraught with risks. Most nursing home residents take more than five medications daily, which makes them particularly...
Taking it to the streets: Reimagining dementia
By
Mary Fridley
Charles de Vilmorin
Oct 30, 2023
When Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice launched “Taking It to the Streets,” a global campaign that took place during the week of Sept. 18 to 24, 2023, one of the first people to...
First subtraction, now additions: Diversicare CEO Steve Nee on rebuilding the brand
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 04, 2023
Two years after becoming a private company, Tennessee-based Diversicare is a leaner organization, and one ready to take on new opportunities, CEO Steve Nee says.
Meet Mark Baiada, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Inspiration’ honoree
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 03, 2024
What does it feel like to give away $20 million? Mark Baiada, founder and chairman of the Board at BAYADA Home Health Care, knows because that’s what he did six years ago.