Administrators and DONs at ‘breaking points’ in 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump since 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of...
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities: Federal scrutiny expected to continue
By
Margaret E. Daum
Kristina Arianina
Callan Smith
Oct 05, 2020
While COVID-19 infections are widespread, the virus disproportionately affects the nation’s most vulnerable populations, including seniors. According to an updated estimate from two healthcare experts,...
Providers to report COVID infections in 12 hours or face $1k fines, CMS says
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 21, 2020
Nursing homes will face fines of “at least” $1,000 per week for not reporting COVID-19 infections within 12 hours of learning about them, federal regulators said Monday.
Good Samaritan’s Nate Schema: Integration creates deep ‘bench’
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2022
Vertical integration will provide needed advantages as nursing homes face mounting clinical and operational challenges, predicts Nate Schema, president and CEO of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan...
American Senior Communities’ Donna Kelsey: Recruiting partners and investing in the future
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2022
Investments in innovation and a willingness to forge new partnerships will help lift skilled nursing providers out of the COVID-era, predicts veteran nursing homes leader Donna Kelsey.
BREAKING: LeadingAge joins call for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 26, 2021
LeadingAge joined a list of at least 56 other professional healthcare groups that came out Monday morning in favor of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers.