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.
Nursing home COVID-19 deaths, cases spiking, hit ‘pre-vaccine’ levels
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 25, 2022
COVID-19 deaths among nursing home staff members are again surging throughout facilities, hitting their highest level since January of this year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control...
Nurse surprised by international honor
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
A New York nursing home worker was honored for her “extraordinary care” with an international award that recognizes outstanding work in the healthcare profession.
Lawsuit is stark reminder: Tread carefully in disability conversations with employees
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 22, 2022
Legal experts are warning nursing home leaders that inappropriate conversations with employees about disabilities, medical conditions or their general health can be costly, after a federal court allowed...
Lingering COVID ailments hamper caregivers’ return to work, require follow-up testing: study
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 21, 2022
Nearly half of healthcare workers who had COVID-19 experience related complaints for months after coming down with the virus, said researchers releasing new study results along with back-to-work observations.
Bundles of smiles: Texas shop gives nursing home hundreds of bouquets
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jul 20, 2022
A Greenville, TX, flower business is giving out bouquets of roses, daisies, chrysanthemums, and not to mention smiles, to hundreds of local residents at nursing homes and other senior living facilities.