In case you had not checked lately, you’re liable to be paying more than ever just to run your basic eldercare business.
Editor’s Desk: When new MDS starts, ignorance won’t be bliss
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2010
It’s said if you really want to learn something, teach it. Let’s hope that’s true.
Table talk: You have to listen to the right people
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2013
When we at McKnight’s host a special roundtable discussion, I look forward to getting to know the esteemed participants. Captains of the profession, they typically have evolved from nurses, business...
McKnight’s second Tech Awards program is here
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2013
I’m not going to worry too much about the Second Annual McKnight’s Technology Awards program, which kicks off this month. The first one last year was a smashing success. I have no reason to...
The editor’s desk: All of a sudden, holidays aren’t looking so festive
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2011
If you thought the politicians’ recent stomach-turning brinksmanship over the national debt ceiling wasn’t fun — and who did? — you have no reason to look forward to the end of November...
Editor’s Desk: Don’t appear too happy about hospice prosperity
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2011
When it comes to running a business, you better evolve. If you don’t, trouble will surely find you. Maybe it will even if you do.
A mind-blowing way to learn, with the right price
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2014
As a parent looking at options for a high school student about to enter college, I know why it seems like everyone talks about the high cost of education. It is high.
The Editor’s Desk: A proud moment for the nation’s nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2010
On April 20, top management from the Covenant Care nursing facility were in Washington to become the first healthcare provider of any type to win the Better Business Bureau International Torch Award for...
From the top: Status quo won’t suffice anymore
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 09, 2018
When the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services addressed a gathering of nursing home owners and operators in early June in Washington, it might not have been the HHS Secretary they had...
It’s time you take care of you, and here is the place
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2018
Some people sit down at the beginning of each year and make relatively ambitious goals.