Discover facilities management secrets at Sept. 13 webinar
Aug 29, 2016
Around half of facilities management personnel are expected to retire in the next decade, causing a potential crisis for long-term care administrators. At an upcoming webinar, attendees will learn how...
Ask the nursing expert … about early career doubts
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Jan 01, 2015
I just graduated from nursing school a few months ago and I’m having doubts. How did you find the area of nursing that was right for you?
AHCA members zero in on quality on Capitol Hill
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 04, 2013
Providers will focus on promoting solutions to the “doc fix,” bad debt and the observation stay loophole during visits with their Congressional representatives Tuesday. And they shouldn’t...
Rah-rah-rah retirement: Alumni of the University of Texas retire at their alma mater
By
Brett Bakshis
Sep 01, 2010
All these ‘exes’ live in Texas—at Longhorn Village, a new retirement community influenced and occupied by University of Texas alumni
Shots gone bad: Residents at five facilities must get COVID-19 vaccine again after doses are stored wrong
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 04, 2021
Leaders at five Ohio long-term and residential care facilities are working with Walgreens and state officials to re-administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents following a storage error caused by the pharmacy...
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2013
Kimberly Marselas is senior editor of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
Sunrise prepares to open California community
Jun 13, 2017
Sunrise Senior Living will open Sunrise of Sabre Springs at the end of June. It is the provider’s fourth community in the San Diego area.
Avancen introduces medication on demand device
Mar 24, 2015
Avancen MOD Corporation has introduced the MOD® Medication On Demand Device to the post-acute sphere.
Who better to teach a college course on aging than older adults?
By
Roscoe Nicholson
Marcia Spira
Sep 26, 2018
Group discussion and interviews also revealed that beyond the educational content, the course provided much more to all participants, through the creation of strong relationships between the resident-instructors...
Investigation continues into ‘suspicious’ fire that killed 10 at group home
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 29, 2006
Authorities continued to sift clues Tuesday after a fire broke out Monday at a group home in Missouri Ozarks, killing nine residents and one staff member. Eighteen other people were hospitalized, some...