Obamacare replacement bill faces tougher test in Senate
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 05, 2017
While House Republican leaders were trying to tie up loose ends to get their proposal for repealing and replacing Obamacare across the finish line, Senators on both sides of the aisle were predicting a...
50 years: Policy experts to examine the past, project the future of long-term care
By
James M. Berklan
May 22, 2014
Top U.S. health policy experts will examine changes in quality of care, service delivery and financing for long-term care for the last 25 years — and project them for the next 25 years — in a meeting...
McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo: One week and counting
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 14, 2019
The third annual McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo is now less than a week away. The educational event and exhibition hall takes place Thursday, offering up to three free continuing education credits.
Time to write a ‘new playbook,’ Sloan says
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2020
Long-term care providers must take charge of their own future and become “catalysts of change” for a better life beyond the coronavirus public health crisis, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith...
McKnight’s first Fall Online Expo to address top operator challenges Sept. 10
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 28, 2013
The inaugural McKnight’s Fall Online Expo will feature three separate webcast Sept. 10, delivered by a slate of distinguished experts. They will tackle some of the most pressing long-term care issues,...
New wave of pro-labor rulings seen as gift for large unions
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2011
Opponents of organized labor — which include many long-term care providers — feel swamped by recent pro-union rulings from the National Labor Relations Board.
Study finds survey system ‘broken and can’t be fixed’
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2008
A leading nursing-home association is calling for an independent panel to come up with new methods for overseeing nursing facilities. The association’s task force issued 31 recommendations, highlighting...
AAHSA Chief Renews Call For Nursing Care Documentation
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2007
While many providers reacted angrily to a New York Times investigation into nurse staffing levels at equity-owned nursing homes, the leader of the nation’s second-largest nursing home association...
Regular caregiving burdens multiplied by coronavirus: Bring in the saints
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2020
It seems like a fragile house of cards could come down at almost any unlucky location where the invisible menace decides to reveal itself.
Job unrest rises 19% but satisfaction stays ‘astonishing’ high: McKnight’s 2020 Mood of the Market...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 02, 2020
More long-term care managers said they seriously considered quitting their job over the last three months compared to a year earlier, but overall levels of job satisfaction remain remarkably high, according...