Bill would create ‘advanced aide’ positions in nursing homes to improve transitions, dementia...
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 14, 2014
Advanced certified nursing assistants — with specialized skills in care transitions, dementia and other areas — could become important staff leaders in long-term care facilities through newly proposed...
Former CMS administrator scolds long-term care providers — but he has it all wrong!
By
Steve Moran
Oct 01, 2012
Former CMS chief Tom Scully is off-base in his chastisement of the long-term care industry.
Wounds happen
By
John Andrews
Mar 01, 2013
Providers with proactive approaches to catching wound development early find the most success. Foresight and diligence are needed to make it all work
Nexus: Frustration of over-50s searching for long-term care validates call for better guidance
By
Joe Bush
Dec 09, 2022
A quarter of survey respondents say they, or a loved one, needed long-term care in the past year, and that most older said the process of selecting long-term care caused anxiety (53%) and frustration (52%).
Operators need to start asking a fundamental question: How they gonna pay?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 02, 2015
Conventional wisdom tells us that many existing options will not cut it as more discriminating customers arrive in long-term care. But maybe it’s also time for operators to start giving more thought...
Starting the long-term care conversation
By
Ari Weinberger
May 24, 2010
A long-term care organization that builds its visibility in the community prompts families to think about their future needs.
The federal government should invest more in home care
By
Diane Walker
Feb 22, 2010
The Obama administration is taking the right step in investing in programs to support family caregivers. It needs to do more.
The top long-term care news stories of 2021
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 26, 2021
Here’s a rundown of the top stories that McKnight’s Long-Term Care News readers opened over the past 12 months.
Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman, long-term care firebrand
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 11, 2014
When Philip Seymour Hoffman died on Feb. 2, the world lost one of its great actors — and one of the most persuasive voices to speak out about the pitfalls of the changing long-term care system in the...
Nursing home settles case of resident hit, killed by food cart
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 04, 2014
A California long-term care facility has agreed to settle a wrongful death case involving a resident who was struck by a dining cart, local news sources reported Monday.