Meet Kimberly Nystrom, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Aug 04, 2023
Learn more about Kimberly Nystrom, President of Skilled Home Health, Elara Caring, Dallas.
Meet Gail Sheridan, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 20, 2021
Gail Sheridan knows what it means to serve. From training as a registered nurse while in the U.S. Navy to dedicating the following phases of her career to the lives of older adults, she has been serving...
Meet Amanda Brown, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 22, 2021
Colleagues of Amanda Brown were able to see the moment they walked into the facility where she is the administrator how passionate she is about the long-term care industry.
Meet Vassar Byrd, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2020
Vassar Byrd didn’t start her professional life in senior living. Holding a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics, she first spent more than 10 years as an economist for the...
Meet Kathryn Roberts, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 18, 2019
Kathryn Roberts is committed to creating a more age-friendly world.
Meet Wendy Nowokunski, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 08, 2020
Wendy Nowokunski’s more than two decades of senior living experience include leadership roles at Benchmark Senior Living and Newton Senior Living before she co-founded Burlington, MA-based Northbridge...
Meet Beth Burnham Mace, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2020
Over the past two decades, Beth Burnham Mace’s work has helped turn the senior housing and care sector into a mainstream institutional investment asset class by increasing transparency to a wide range...
‘Put some meat on the bone’ to create meaningful diversity programs
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2021
Effective diversity, equity and inclusion in programs must do more than talk about workplace fairness or train employees about bias; they also must actively counter discrimination and promote representation.
McKnight’s Women of Distinction Spirit Award bestowed upon 4
By
Lois A. Bowers
Foster Stubbs
Adam Healy
Josh Henreckson
Feb 22, 2024
Four inspiring women have been elected 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Spirit Award winners, organizers announced
‘Go for it.’ Leaders reflect on life on the leading edge of long-term care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2023
CHICAGO — The future is bright for the long-term care industry, but its leaders must decide what they want the industry to be instead of waiting for tomorrow’s consumers to present a list of demands,...