Penalties for the next phase of nursing home survey guidelines will be postponed a year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced June 30.
LTC leaders looking for better pay and bosses, deeper staffs: McKnight’s survey
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 04, 2020
Long-term care leaders overwhelmingly think that better salary and adding staff would be the top two ways to improve working conditions at nursing homes.
CCRC line workers receive good news in new salary and benefits survey
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 11, 2019
An annual CCRC salary and benefits survey was good news for lower-level workers, and turnover rates overall.
Mood of the Market Survey: Bent but clearly not broken
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2020
2020 McKnight’s Mood of the Market Survey reveals dedicated long-term care leaders looking for better salary and more staff, but by and large satisfied with their jobs, despite historic conditions.
McKnight’s ‘Mood of the Market’ survey needs your thoughts
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 28, 2023
Responses are now being collected for the 2023 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey, the unique, award-winning project that gauges the feelings of top long-term care managers. Skilled nursing owners,...
New CMS abuse icon fuels survey debate
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 07, 2019
Federal officials caused an uproar Oct. 7 when they announced that nursing homes given certain abuse, neglect or exploitation citations would have a red open-hand “stop” icon placed next to their...
Despite historic conditions, leaders show resilience, attraction to ‘meaningful’ work, McKnight’s...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2020
The dangerous and often deadly conditions in nursing homes during the pandemic have not broken the dedication of top managers, a new McKnight’s survey finds.
Nursing home leaders unraveling after months of pandemic dangers, workloads, McKnight’s survey shows
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 07, 2021
Findings of the 2021 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey shed unsettling light on fragile workplaces and severely tested workforces.
Window opens soon for AHRQ SOPS® patient safety survey
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 12, 2022
The focus will be on patient safety when the window opens for voluntary data submission for the AHRQ SOPS Nursing Home Database from Sept. 1 through Sept. 21.
Major nurse-aide survey reveals top worries, ways to improve
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 27, 2023
Wednesday marked the start of a new CNA Fest in Little Rock, AR, and with it came results of a certified nursing aide survey that emphasized issues that have bothered nursing home direct care workers for...