Make room at the top: Katzmann issues challenge at McKnight’s Women of Distinction ceremony
By
James M. Berklan
May 20, 2019
McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner Lynne Katzmann directed a challenge to senior care stakeholders in all positions while delivering a charged acceptance speech at the...
Lawyers for seniors urge guardianship reform
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 16, 2019
A group of legal advocates for seniors is calling for major changes to guardianship laws following an investigative report that found extensive flaws in the way one state handles its background checks...
Sabra optimistic about skilled nursing, despite $77M first quarter loss
By
Marty Stempniak
May 10, 2019
Skilled nursing landlord Sabra Health Care posted a more than $77 million loss for the first quarter of 2019, stemming partly from its dealings with a troubled operator. But company officials said they...
Appellate court upholds nursing home’s $1.2 million fine for inadequate dental care
By
Marty Stempniak
May 09, 2019
An appellate court has upheld a $1.2 million fine levied against a West Virginia nursing facility that failed to follow through on the extraction of one resident’s teeth.
Ensign Group spinning off non-nursing facility business to give SNF-wary investors a crack at other assets
By
Marty Stempniak
May 08, 2019
Skilled nursing facility operating giant Ensign Group provided more insights Tuesday into why it’s spinning off most of its non-SNF assets into a new and separate company.
Also in the News for Friday, April 19
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 19, 2019
Verma: ‘Medicare for all’ called a grave threat … 35% of Florida’s nursing homes have installed mandated generators ahead of this year’s storm season … Death of nursing home resident...
TimeSlips relaunches website
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 17, 2019
TimeSlips, a creative story telling program for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia, has relaunched its website.
High schoolers help to preserve LTC residents’ precious memories
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 17, 2019
A seniors advocacy group is hoping to preserve the memories of lonely older adults, and it’s deploying an army of high school teens to aid in the effort.
Nursing home successfully neutralizes bomb threat, will update lockdown procedures
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 12, 2019
Everyone is safe at a Connecticut nursing facility following a bomb scare Tuesday, but officials at the center said they have learned from the matter and are establishing new lockdown procedures.
Providers rebut conclusions drawn in long-term care suicide article
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 11, 2019
Nursing home industry advocates are rebuking a Kaiser Health News report claiming that large numbers of seniors are “quietly” committing suicide in facilities across the country.