Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised about some of the latest news about COVID and its effects on the skilled nursing sector. But I was. And you can be sure there’s more to come in the future.
Creating wellness, reducing costs: Targeting the emotional health of residents, staff and families
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the enormous costs associated with a lack of attention to the mental health needs of residents, staff and families.
Extended survey delays threaten providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 25, 2022
When a major government watchdog blasted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in January for a lack of timely survey activity, it detailed extensively what providers on the ground were experiencing...
New Sanofi-GSK COVID-19 vaccine highly effective, companies say
Feb 23, 2022
In laboratory studies, two doses of the vaccine stimulated the production of more neutralizing antibodies than an approved mRNA vaccine
Don’t look left: Finding long-term care lessons in traffic
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 24, 2022
If you’ve read many of my McKnight’s columns over the years, you know I love to draw long-term care lessons from traffic experiences.
American Stroke Association, Feb. 9-11
Feb 22, 2022
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference
USPSTF updates guidance on statins for primary prevention of CVD
Feb 22, 2022
Statin use recommended for people aged 40 to 75 years with CV risk factor(s) and higher 10-year risk for a CV event
Introducing the new face of your economic buyer
By
Katherine Wells
Feb 24, 2022
Thirty-nine million economic buyers, otherwise known as adult children, are ignored in the current senior care system.
McKnight’s announces 2022 Veteran VIP class in Women of Distinction awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2022
Twelve women leaders in skilled nursing, senior living or home care have been elected into the second Veteran VIP class in the annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
These 10 steps needed to save skilled nursing, experts say
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 24, 2022
An ambitious, 10-pronged reform package that includes cash infusions and regulatory fixes is needed to head off another COVID-scale tragedy in long-term care, according to two leading healthcare researchers.