Technology, advocacy required to empower workers in LTC, healthcare’s ‘hardest setting’
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, skilled nursing and senior living leaders are both going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to grow their direct care...
Meet Desirae Toomey, 2023 Rising Star
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 11, 2023
Learn more about Desirae Toomey, Administrator, Home- and Community-Based Services, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (Sanford Home Health), Sioux Falls, SD.
Nursing homes left in the dark when utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
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Kate Ruder, KFF Health News
Jun 10, 2024
As preemptive power cuts become more widespread, nursing homes are being forced to evaluate their preparedness. But it shouldn’t be up to the facilities alone, according to industry officials and academics.
Meet Brenda Perkins, 2023 Veteran VIP
By
Rachael Zimlich
Aug 04, 2023
Learn more about Brenda Perkins, Divisional Resident Engagement Manager – East, Brookdale Senior Living, Brentwood, TN.
Lynn Hood to receive 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2024
Lynn Hood, a long-term care executive well-known for answering the call to act under emergency conditions and being a champion of employees, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award...
Meet Jackie Pappalardi, 2023 Veteran VIP
By
Rachael Zimlich
Aug 09, 2023
Learn more about Jackie Pappalardi, Executive Director, Foundation for Quality Care, New York State Health Facilities Association / New York State Center for Assisted Living, Albany, NY.
Meet Stacy Yosko, 2023 Veteran VIP
By
Rachael Zimlich
Jul 10, 2023
Learn more about Stacy Yosko, Director of Resident Services, Harrison Senior Living (Harrison House Chester County), Coatesville, PA.
Meet Vicki Nordby, 2023 Veteran VIP
By
Rachael Zimlich
Aug 11, 2023
Learn more about Vicki Nordby, Nurse Consultant, Marquis Companies, Milwaukie, OR.
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
Gender, identity emerge as new EEOC issue for skilled nursing employers
By
Josh Henreckson
May 30, 2024
Amid quickly shifting cultural norms and a changing legal landscape, legal experts say skilled nursing providers must better understand how to protect employees from sex and gender discrimination — including...