“Well, it’s clear that you’ve never set foot into a nursing home.” I know you’ve thought that while reading a memo from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or your state agency, taking...
The Pinnacle Awards return — a time for your stars to shine
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 14, 2023
Let the shouting re-commence. Entries are now being accepted for the 2nd Annual McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards.
60 Seconds with … Eilon Caspi, PhD
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 12, 2023
My review of hundreds of fatal incidents over the past 15 years suggests that the circumstances surrounding these incidents are often strikingly similar: invasion of personal space, unwanted entries into...
Ask the care expert … about storing patient supplies
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Sep 12, 2023
We are having a debate about insulin pens and oxygen tubing and how to store them. Can you assist?
State News
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 12, 2023
Attorney General Letitia James (won a preliminary injunction that requires a nursing home company accused of committing more than $83 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud to pay for an independent financial...
When long-term care becomes a slugfest
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 06, 2023
If you ever want to see something really wrong, just watch two sides fight when both think they’re really right. It usually isn’t pretty.
After straying again and again, dog adopts SNF as his forever home
By
Foster Stubbs
Sep 05, 2023
If all dogs go to heaven, one pound pup was sure set on finding his own slice at Meadow Brook Antrim County Medical Care Facility in Bellaire, MI. After a restless stay at the Antrim County Animal Shelter,...
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.
The market’s mood? In a word, moody.
By
John O'Connor
Sep 01, 2023
When we launched the McKnight’s Mood of the Market surveys four years ago, the goal was to find out how long-term care providers truly felt about their daily roles.
[Updated] Providers bracing for CMS release of federal nursing home staffing mandate at ‘any time’
By
James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2023
Nursing home leaders Wednesday were expecting details of a first-ever federal nursing home staffing mandate to be released at virtually any time.