See the future. Make the future. McKnight’s Outlook 2024 survey now needs your insight
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James M. Berklan
Dec 15, 2023
It takes just a handful of mouse-clicks to take the 2024 McKnight’s Annual Outlook survey. It’s free, it’s anonymous and it will not only lead to story coverage in the week ahead, it will...
CBO: Social Security will be solvent longer than Bush administration projected
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Haymarket Media
Jun 16, 2004
The long-term outlook for Social Security is less dire than the Bush administration had projected, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO said Monday in its first comprehensive analysis...
Odds of nurse flight jump 50% in 10 months
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2022
Nearly a third of U.S. registered nurses are considering leaving their current patient-care role, according to the latest survey on healthcare worker attitudes from research firm McKinsey.
Price per nursing home bed jumps 20% after years of decline: survey
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Danielle Brown
Jun 02, 2021
Nursing home bed prices jumped to $90,700 during the first quarter of 2021 after four consecutive years of decline, according to new data from real estate and investment management firm JLL Valuation Advisory.
‘McKnight’s’ takes pulse of industry in new survey; fill it out and win
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Liza Berger
Dec 11, 2020
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News would like your opinion. Please fill out our 2021 Industry Outlook survey. It should take less than four minutes. And as a token of our appreciation, you will...
Medicaid outlook bleak for providers in 2012, report finds
Dec 15, 2011
Unprecedented state budget deficits will result in historically low Medicaid reimbursements to long-term care facilities, a new report finds.
Even with its own float pool, this provider is flooded with open nursing positions
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Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 11, 2023
A Pennsylvania nonprofit long-term care provider recently showed its ingenuity by creating an internal staffing agency, or float pool, to cope with staffing shortages and high temporary agency costs. But...
Care for dementia patients declined due to pandemic, South Korean study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 08, 2024
Researchers evaluated changes in mortality and mental and physical loss in people with dementia during the pandemic. There weren’t big changes in death, but loss rose after February 2020 — about the...
Unsustainably high healthcare costs paint bleak long-term budget outlook
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 04, 2012
Passage of the Affordable Care Act and the Budget Control Act of 2012 improved the budget outlook, but neither are enough to fix the gap between spending and revenue, according to a report by the Government...
Reader Poll: What are your tools for staying organized?
Dec 06, 2016
“I have the Yellow Stickies app. If I’m signed up for a McKnight’s webinar, I put it there so I can stay organized. It’s all in columns so I can see what I need. I can see when...