John Damgaard has been elected president of the board of directors for the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care.
Contact with young kids tied to risk of pneumonia in older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 04, 2024
It’s common for people over 60 to have pneumonia-causing bacteria, and contact with preschool and young children seems to be an important factor linked to the transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae...
Worth the risk
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 06, 2017
Owners and operators of long-term care facilities can entice increasingly discerning financial partners into niche projects — if they go about it the right way
Nursing home that took in dozens after local closure now fears for its own health
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 26, 2024
The high cost of caring for skilled nursing patients is squeezing finances at Upstate New York’s Heritage Ministries after it took in a majority of residents from the closing Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation...
Gripped by uncertainty, skilled nursing providers just keep breathing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2024
Uncertainty may very well be the defining outlook for skilled nursing providers in 2024. At the very least, it was the theme that dominated our annual survey attempting to capture your attitudes heading...
Being thankful 2023
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Nov 21, 2023
Ah yes, it is the time of year when we think about the things we are thankful for. I would guess that most people have some kind of tradition on Thanksgiving of expressing thanks. In our home, we...
Meet Tina Sandri, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Jul 17, 2023
Learn more about Tina Sandri, CEO, Forest Hills of DC, Washington.
Meet Magen Shelton, 2022 Rising Star honoree
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 25, 2022
Today, IHCU, in Greenville, SC, provides service to 300 hospice and 3,500 home health patients. Much of the credit for this growth can be attributed to Magen Shelton’s work.
Bundles of smiles: Texas shop gives nursing home hundreds of bouquets
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jul 20, 2022
A Greenville, TX, flower business is giving out bouquets of roses, daisies, chrysanthemums, and not to mention smiles, to hundreds of local residents at nursing homes and other senior living facilities.
With COVID, what’s on the surface matters deeply
By
Shula Jaron
Dec 07, 2020
More than 45% of all domestic COVID-19 fatalities have taken place in long-term care settings, and the response to outbreaks has been complicated by a lack of personal protective equipment and sufficient...