Meet Bonnie Laiderman, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 28, 2022
Bonnie Laiderman founded Veterans Home Care in 2003 when she discovered a need among disabled, elderly veterans and their surviving spouses. Today, the organization is a national leader in home care and...
Women of Distinction 2019: Jennifer Cisneros
Aug 22, 2019
Jennifer Cisneros, a 2019 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Rising Star, talks about what motivates her.
Meet Kelly Ornberg, Rising Star honoree
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 13, 2020
At just 14, Kelly Ornberg started her first job, as a food server for Erickson Living, where she fell in love with residents and became passionate about them receiving the best care — and that passion...
Meet Kristina Wright, 2022 Rising Star honoree
By
C. Max Bachmann
Aug 08, 2022
Editor’s Note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are profiling the McKnight’s 2022 Women of Distinction honorees daily July 5 through Aug. 11....
When the world spun out of control, they stepped up for residents
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2021
The heroes were everywhere late Friday in Arkansas and Kentucky, as savage tornadoes bore down directly on at least four nursing homes. As McKnight’s shared yesterday, one of the storm system’s most...
‘Real secret to success’ for long-term care leaders is building strong, smart team: panel
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2021
The strongest work teams have leaders who believe that the members are better than they are, says Patricia Will, Belmont Village Senior Living founder and CEO.
Meet Jamie Dlatt, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 16, 2019
Jamie Dlatt is not your typical vice president of operations. Instead of conducting her work from inside her office, she makes sure she is in Legacy Healthcare’s facilities every day, connecting with...
Second class of Spirit Awards features 6 inspirational women
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2023
Six women have been chosen as the second class of Spirit Award winners as part of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program.
Meet Nathalie Francois, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 29, 2021
Nathalie Francois, chief nursing officer, Citadel Care Centers, Brooklyn, NY is in the 2021 class of Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Hall of Honor inductee.
Meet Barbara Richards, 2022 Spirit Award winner
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 27, 2022
A series of tornadoes swept across the southern United States and Ohio Valley last December, decimating homes and taking the lives of numerous people. Unluckily, one of those tornadoes came barrelling...