39 days and counting until Women of Distinction gala and forum
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 05, 2024
There’s just a little more than a month until the 6th Annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards ceremony and forum take place.
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.
Skilled nursing’s best-read columns and blogs of 2023
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 20, 2023
The rich mix of insights offered at mcknights.com is always a highlight of the year, and 2023 was certainly no exception.
LeadingAge 2023 annual conference could be biggest yet
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 11, 2023
Organizers are gearing up for what they figure could be the group’s biggest annual conference yet, Nov. 5-8 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
When fed-up senior care operators go on the offensive
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 16, 2024
The good folks taking care of the elderly in Arizona are done playing the role of piñata. They’re also done addressing their detractors one-by-one.
LeadingAge conference brings new E2 Experience Expo Nov. 5-8
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 06, 2023
LeadingAge’s annual conference and expo lands in Chicago Nov. 5-8 and will feature a handful of new wrinkles.
Tickets on sale for McKnight’s Women of Distinction banquet
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 16, 2024
The public is invited to celebrate top women leaders in long-term care, senior living and home care at the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction banquet and forum May 14. Reservations to the celebration...
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.
A man for all seasons: John Derr
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 05, 2023
That John Derr recently said he’s thinking of backing off a bit is both a shame and an inevitability. For few have ever packed as much into one lifetime as he has. A slowdown is the only real possible...
A crazy way to spend a healthcare fortune
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2023
I’d like to announce that the folks who run Medicare Advantage plans will be shaking in their boots soon, fearful of what authorities are going to do to them.