BREAKING: Hager steps down as Genesis CEO, replaced by Board Chair Fish
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 05, 2021
Beleaguered post-acute care giant Genesis HealthCare announced this morning that 17-year CEO George V. Hager Jr. is retiring from his posts as CEO and company director.
Parkinson: ‘Bold proposals’ expected for long-term care transformation
By
Liza Berger
Jan 05, 2021
Ambitious ideas regarding long-term care’s future can be expected when mass vaccinations bring some stability and conditions settle down, said American Health Care Association CEO and President Mark...
More than 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses await use in long-term care
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 05, 2021
Two weeks after nearly 2.6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were distributed to U.S. states for use in long-term care, approximately 280,000 residents and staff members have been vaccinated.
Keeping skilled nursing facilities fully staffed amid a triple threat
By
Chris Hedrick
Jan 04, 2021
Caregiving is America’s largest profession and the job role with the widest gap between supply and demand. Four and a half million long-term care workers support individuals in institutions and home-based...
The Equalizer: A holiday story from the ‘Before’ time
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 29, 2020
She told me about her life via handwritten notes and the occasional use of a talking computer that verbalized what she painstakingly typed out. “I’ve been a cripple ever since I got polio as a...
The best columns of 2020
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 22, 2020
With December nearing its end, we took the opportunity to see which blog postings at mcknights.com were the most popular with McKnight’s Long-Term Care News readers in 2020. This list details some of...
‘Out in the cold’: LTC pharmacies ask to be matched with vaccination sites, relief funds
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 22, 2020
As their businesses groan under the weight of COVID-19-related expenses, long-term care pharmacists are pressing federal officials for relief funds and asking for a bigger role in coronavirus vaccinations.
When do we get our Rosie the Riveter moment?
By
Erin Viale
Dec 21, 2020
It’s a pandemic paradox: How can we have both a staffing crisis and an unemployment crisis? At the end of 2020, 12 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits. This is in addition...
New McKnight’s survey shows nursing homes’ most popular strategies for recruiting, keeping staff...
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 21, 2020
The latest McKnight’s Flash Survey has revealed a creative, determined workforce that nonetheless is starting to show cracks in resilience and job satisfaction 10 months into the biggest public health...
7 top long-term care stories of 2020
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 18, 2020
Here’s a rundown of the top 7 stories that McKnight’s Long-Term Care News readers opened over the past 12 months.