NIH to invest an additional $515M for long COVID research
By
John Roszkowski
Feb 16, 2024
The National Institutes of Health has announced plans to provide an additional $515 million in funding over the next four years for the research and treatment of long COVID.
24 tabbed for McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2024
Twenty-four top women executives have been named 2024 inductees into the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor, organizers announced Thursday.
16 Veteran VIP honorees named in 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2024
Sixteen veteran long-term care leaders were announced Wednesday as winners in the Veteran VIPs class of the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction program.
McKnight’s Women of Distinction Class of 2024 welcomes 15 Rising Stars
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 13, 2024
Fifteen “Rising Stars” working in senior living, skilled nursing or home care have been named 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction honorees, program organizers announced Tuesday.
Updated: Philip Esformes reaches plea deal on remaining charges in $1.3B fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 02, 2024
Philip Esformes, the disgraced nursing home and assisted living community owner charged in a record $1.3 billion healthcare fraud case in 2016, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors on outstanding charges...
Moving nursing home staff in as residents has life-changing potential: experts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 31, 2024
Staff who take up residence in a nursing home for even just a few days are better equipped to transform care delivery and how the actual residents experience it, two experts who have tried the technique...
‘Sky is the limit’ for health information networks’ SNF insights
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
An expanding health information exchange connecting 71 hospitals and nearly 600 post-acute providers in New Jersey is exceeding expectations and providing staffing insights not necessarily envisioned when...
NIC spring conference registration underway
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 19, 2024
Registration for the NIC spring conference taking place March 5-7 in Dallas is underway.
Outlook 2024: On staffing, operators say they’ll ‘find a way’ but agency boom, admission restrictions...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
More than half — 55% — of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024...
After 17 successful years, provider expands CNA training program to competing nursing homes
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 03, 2024
As the need to attract new staff into the flagging long-term care workforce intensifies, one provider’s successful career program is expanding its scope to help in-state competitors.