Nursing home shortages ‘biggest public policy issue’ for state, nation: Virginia provider exec
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2023
As the threat of a federal mandate inches closer to reality, nursing homes in Virginia are reporting major difficulties finding qualified staff.
Fed’s booster OK too late? Nursing home loses 8 to coronavirus outbreak this fall
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 17, 2021
A Connecticut nursing home has weathered a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 89 residents and staff. Booster shots were not yet authorized when the first cases appeared, the operator reports.
Nursing home is victorious in ‘retaliation’ court claim
By
Ashley Carman
Sep 01, 2013
A Texas nursing home has prevailed in a lawsuit that claimed it had retaliated against a resident after family members complained about her care.
Design Decisions: Hitting the right notes
By
Dave Surico
Feb 01, 2014
Company’s first big construction project overcomes challenges and plays on Nashville region’s tastes for music, art and local attractions
Putting first things first
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
A recipe for a complicated nursing home renovation: Take one facility that hasn’t been updated in 45 years, add a strict budget and keep residents on site throughout the project. Columbia Health...
Nursing Home Design – Samaritan Manor, Detroit
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 01, 2007
Motown receives its first new nursing home since the 1980s. Private rooms lend a homelike touch to the renovated hospital space
Housing market fear doesn’t affect long-term care confidence
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2007
While the rest of the housing market is gripped by credit fears, those in long-term care are staying confident.
Wither the County Home?
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 02, 2013
With funding and philosophical challenges permeating their day-to-day operations, a
dwindling number of county-run nursing homes find themselves at a perilous crossroads
Community spread triggers growing number of COVID-19 cases in nursing homes: AHCA
By
Liza Berger
Nov 03, 2020
COVID-19 cases are soaring in nursing homes, particularly in the Midwest, thanks to community spread, according to a report released Monday by the American Health Care Association and National Center for...
Spreading too thin?
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 01, 2014
Lenders encourage facility operators to think twice before pursing alternative models of care; ‘jack-of-all-trades’ a challenging label to embrace