It’s no secret that retention is an issue in the senior living and long-term care industry and beyond. With the baby boomer generation aging out of the workforce, millennials are projected to make up...
Benefits of apps support senior tech-trend
By
Jeff Pepper
Jul 08, 2013
New research and tablet-based apps products are shedding greater light on seniors’ growing use of technology and its benefits.The key to seniors embracing new technology and realizing the benefits...
Aligning talent for Affordable Care Act compliance the focus of Aug. 13 webcast
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 22, 2014
The Affordable Care Act presents providers with many challenges, including some that aren’t being well met yet. A McKnight’s webcast on Aug. 13 will discuss the fundamentals needed — including...
Introducing the new face of your economic buyer
By
Katherine Wells
Feb 24, 2022
Thirty-nine million economic buyers, otherwise known as adult children, are ignored in the current senior care system.
On Oct. 20, Tech stars will shine
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 11, 2021
The Oct. 20 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards and Summit will celebrate outstanding innovation by skilled nursing, senior living and home care operators — and provide insights on how to...
This smart pill is hard to swallow
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 30, 2017
Reading the disturbing news in McKnight’s about the ingestible digital antipsychotic pill that tracks patient data has me all befuddled. I wish I could swallow a pill that would tell me how to feel...
The robot revolution
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Feb 09, 2016
Every once in awhile, I come across a research report that falls into what I like to call the “duh” category. These are the studies that announce the “scientific breakthrough” of...
Technology and innovation power wound care’s ongoing evolution
By
Cathy Thomas Hess
Dec 16, 2021
Like all nurses specializing in wound care, I’ve seen many changes in our profession over the years. Perhaps the most meaningful are the influences that breakthrough technology and products have had...
How nursing homes can put themselves out of business: skimp on tech
By
John O'Connor
Nov 20, 2017
When you read between the lines, the troubling message in a new study is this: Skilled care operators had better stop being tech cheapskates — before it’s too late.
This is for long-term care providers with dedicated employees
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 27, 2013
If you’re a long-term care provider, there’s no way you can spend your days doing nothing. It’s simply impossible. You know it and we know it. So now here’s one more thing for you...