Rehabilitation therapists may not technically be considered frontline by some, but they have come to be seen as just as essential as caregivers to surviving the global pandemic. The road has been bumpy,...
Iowans feed SNF workers every week
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2022
An Iowa man and his friends are making sure some skilled nursing facility workers always have a taste of home while working each weekend.
Providers can rise by using local online marketing better
By
Jim Fitzgerald
May 10, 2019
A recent study by Ziegler showed that 81% of long-term care facilities find that internal marketing efforts produce higher quality leads than national referral services.
Hollywood channels nurses in docu-play
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 01, 2020
Hollywood stars used the words of real-life nurses coping with the pandemic in a virtual docu-play “That Kindness: Nurses in Their Own Words.”
Heeere’s … (your new and improved) McKnight’s!
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2021
McKnight’s. As you’ve surely noticed by now, this magazine has changed since the last time you saw it. We’ve modernized our layout, content flow and logo.
Ask the Care Expert: Taking pictures of wounds
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Feb 05, 2019
There is a whole open can of worms concerning photos, with some corporations wanting photos of everything, and some forbidding photos.
How can you make sure your facility is trusted by Google?
By
Jim Fitzgerald
Jul 07, 2019
If you are a local marketer, you are likely all too familiar with the recent Google updates this year. They heavily impacted Google maps and organic rankings that appear in the Local 3-Pack, the most coveted...
Having My Say | We must find a way to stress better behavioral care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2022
Given all the attention the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has streamed on skilled nursing lately, the agency will surely expect more from providers on the behavioral front, too.
White House vision has providers seeing red
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
Proposed staff minimums, increased enforcement activity and a ‘chilling’ stance on private investment raise concerns about keeping the doors open.
Fines for infection control penalties could reach $20K
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 09, 2020
Providers that consistently perform poorly with infection control measures could be looking at fines of up to $20,000 under increased enforcement efforts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced...