All sides generally agree that the current nursing home survey system is flawed. But there’s hardly consensus on how best to fix it. Here’s something worth considering.
Is the NLRB on slippery ground?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 05, 2024
Could it be that the place where I buy cheap bananas is about to sink the National Labor Relations Board?
A bum rap?
By
John O'Connor
Dec 18, 2023
I’ve written on topics ranging far and wide across the long-term care spectrum. But I’m pretty sure this will be my first foray into the world of fake butt accusations.
Latest Medicare fraud allegations just an appetizer
By
John O'Connor
May 10, 2013
As we’ve been predicting here for some time, allegations of mismanaged therapy care are starting to land nursing homes in some seriously hot water.
Finally, some coverage that puts ‘nursing home’ and ‘great’ in the same headline
By
John O'Connor
Sep 08, 2014
By any standard, much of what’s being reported about nursing homes these days could hardly be considered good news. I could point out many examples, but the point is clear: There’s a lot of...
Why the New York Times’ ‘hatchet job’ shows better days are coming to long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Aug 26, 2014
A pall hangs over this sector at the moment, thanks to the New York Times.
Fiscal cliff notes: Why long-term care operators should take a lesson from Dr. Seuss
By
John O'Connor
Dec 14, 2012
If you are like most long-term care professionals, you are likely watching the ongoing fiscal cliff standoff with a mixture of fear and disgust.
We’re ugly, and our mothers dress us funny?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2018
the revelation won’t do much to convince the dark suits that skilled care is the best place to put their money.
The market’s mood? In a word, moody.
By
John O'Connor
Sep 01, 2023
When we launched the McKnight’s Mood of the Market surveys four years ago, the goal was to find out how long-term care providers truly felt about their daily roles.
This is the business we’ve chosen
By
John O'Connor
Jul 23, 2023
McKnight’s has been reporting on long-term care since 1980, and unapologetically “telling it like it is” just as long.