It’s self-evident that both Democrats and Republicans like to wear the Santa suit. And who can blame them?
This season, slow down and thank a colleague
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 15, 2022
No doubt, you’re starting to feel the holiday planning pressure, but please don’t ignore one important to-do: This week, McKnight’s opened nominations for our 2023 Women of Distinction class.
Move over mom, skilled nursing also has a reason to celebrate this Sunday
By
Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
Sunday, May 12, will mark the start of National Skilled Nursing Week (formerly known as National Nursing Home Week).
The Girl Scout Law, a gem for the ages
By
Mary Gustafson
Mar 15, 2012
I suspect there’s one task that unites us all: ordering, distributing and systematically demolishing a box (or two, or three …) of Girl Scout cookies.
No vacation time for nursing homes this month
By
Liza Berger
Aug 04, 2009
It’s the lazy month of August—and time to get busy. That is, if you’re a nursing home association. Instead of sitting in hammocks idling away the hours, members of the two major lobbying groups will...
You make your own luck in this business
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 13, 2019
I think one of the saddest living-under-a-permanent-raincloud stories of recent years is the one about the long-term care administrator who tried to work at the beach but get sand in his keyboard and ruined...
Yet another report takes aim at nursing home staffing levels
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2014
Seems like it is was only a few weeks ago that the New York Times was blasting the nursing home industry for playing fast and loose with staffing numbers. Now comes a state-by-state report card that essentially...
Why the government shutdown should matter to you
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 03, 2013
One of the benefits of social media is that you find out people you follow are occasionally idiots.
Robots for hire
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2013
In the roundup of best Super Bowl commercials, the one that best relates to your lives didn’t air. No, I’m not talking about the elderly people escaping from the nursing home to go eat Taco...
The fifth vital sign
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 26, 2017
It turns out Linda Shell’s hero had modern medicine right all along, even if her last utterance was well over 100 years ago.