Nursing home fined $25K after patient elopes on first day of stay … More than 1,000 Florida facilities still without back-up power sources as storm season ramps up … Legionnaire’s sickens two, kills...
Lessons from my grandson
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Jul 29, 2019
I recently made a 9-hour drive to visit my 7-year-old grandson, Jack. Living so far away, I don’t get to see him nearly as often as I’d like!
McKnight’s earns 7 awards in international journalism competition
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2019
A pair of McKnight’s publications shined brightly after Thursday’s announcement of winners of the 31st annual Awards for Publication Excellence.
Murder, they spoke
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 25, 2019
Like a real-crime podcast about murder. That’s the way we need to tell the story of our long-term care staffing or funding woes if we want anyone to actually pay attention.
States must know more about ownership before licensing, state auditor general recommends
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 24, 2019
Despite “tremendous progress” since 2016, Pennsylvania’s nursing homes need more stringent licensing procedures and a better survey process, a new auditor general report finds.
After progress, former SFF facility may be headed for strike
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 24, 2019
Employees at a former Special Focus Facility nursing home in New Jersey could be headed for a strike after five months of failed contract negotiations with new management.
What the moon landing means for seniors
By
Jack York
Jul 19, 2019
Memories from your youth sometimes pop up when you’re not looking. I had that experience a few weeks ago. A casual glance at the moon from a hotel in San Francisco brought back visions of my dad from...
Freedom, the clinical way
By
Renee Kinder
Jul 18, 2019
Freedom means a lot of different things to people. I often feel it just means getting out of typical routines and spreading out in more of a creative sense while also getting back to functional care and...
BREAKING: CMS final rule allows arbitration agreements, proposes one-year delay of 3rd phase of Requirements...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 16, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medication Services dropped a pair of bombshell announcements concerning nursing homes late Tuesday afternoon, including a proposal to partially delay implementation of phase...
If toileting were a billable service …
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jul 16, 2019
Imagine how things would change if toileting were a billable service. It might not be as laughable as it first appears.