REIT tax benefits questioned as influence over nursing homes rises
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2022
Tax policies meant to benefit real estate investment trusts as “passive investors” in nursing homes should be reviewed with an eye toward their active operational influences, say economists...
PA nursing home settles overbilling lawsuit for $819,000
By
John Hall
Aug 03, 2022
A Pennsylvania nonprofit nursing home in the process of being sold has agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it overbilled the government $819,000 for physical therapy services.
Meet Cheryl Welch, 2022 Veteran VIP honoree
By
C. Max Bachmann
Aug 02, 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....
Meet Joylin Nation, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
C. Max Bachmann
Aug 01, 2022
Joylin Nation describes her father as a man who “would give his all to help others.”
Meet Lena Robinson, 2022 Spirit Award winner
By
Nicole Blanchard
Aug 01, 2022
In January 2021, after 25 years as a certified nursing assistant at Chestnut Park at Cleveland Circle in Boston, 76-year-old Lena Robinson was set to retire with her husband.
Let’s chat: Decorative lace skills earn NY senior statewide art honors
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 27, 2022
Bianca Padula was named an award winner in a statewide art competition hosted by LeadingAge New York.
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...
CMS offering new tool to transition more people away from SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 26, 2022
The new CMS tool could wind up taking millions of dollars away from SNFs.
Meet Luz Liebeskind, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jul 26, 2022
Editor’s Note: McKnight’s Senior Living, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Home Care are profiling the McKnight’s 2022 Women of Distinction honorees daily July 5 through Aug. 11....
Nexion’s Fran Kirley: Thriving by using culture to recruit workers, oust agency
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 25, 2022
During the pandemic, Nexion Health saw its agency staff costs increase by 12 times its base, from $1 million annually in 2019 to about $12 million each in 2020 and 2021.