Nursing homes ended 2020 with nearly 8% decline in occupancy rate: NIC
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 27, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the skilled nursing occupancy rate to drop by about 7.7% between 2019 and 2020, according to a new report by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Federal COVID funding averted skilled nursing ‘collapse,’ but new dangers ahead
By
Danielle Brown
May 12, 2022
Federal COVID-19 relief funding saved the skilled nursing industry from crumbling during the earlier days of the pandemic as providers struggled with increased expenses and historic occupancy lows, an...
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Nov 05, 2020
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Shooters and spenders: Online expo concludes today
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2018
Day Two of the 2018 McKnight’s Online Expo starts at 11:30 a.m. ET with a critical conversation about moving emergency preparation beyond fire drills to cover active shooters and other crises.
Gingrich: Providers able to fix workforce problems themselves
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 28, 2017
Newt Gingrich tells long-term care providers not to wait for the government to fix their staffing challenges. He also claims some relatively easy solutions are at operators’ fingertips.
How SNFs ‘held their ground’ during omicron surge
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2022
Despite seeing record-breaking COVID-19 case counts during the omicron spike, skilled nursing facilities were able to weather the storm with minimal deaths among residents, according to new analysis from...
Long-term care risks extended negative image without more COVID data from operators: exec
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 16, 2020
Seniors housing and care providers across a wider spectrum must start submitting data to increase transparency about the effects of coronavirus infections, says NIC CEO Brian Jurutka.
At least we still have AHCA — or is that TMI?
By
John O'Connor
Aug 30, 2013
There’s an informal nickname that describes the many acronyms being used in healthcare these days: alphabet soup. We may have just experienced an Olympic record for it.
Skilled nursing’s bigger COVID killer
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 25, 2022
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.
Inaugural National Skilled Nursing Investment Forum kicks off Monday
Mar 04, 2010
Hundreds of long-term care operators will converge in San Diego next week to participate in the first ever National Skilled Nursing Investment Forum from Monday through Wednesday. Others also will be attending...