McKnight’s Senior Living’s inaugural Online Expo arrives June 20. Just like McKnight’s past Online Expos that have attracted thousands of long-term care professionals, it is free to attend...
Feel better than sorry for older adults
By
Stuart Greenbaum
May 30, 2016
Older adults certainly are not pathetic and aging certainly is not pitiful.
Helping the holiday blues
Dec 27, 2013
December is a festive time of the year for most Americans. Holiday parties are in full swing and families unite for food, presents and companionship. Unfortunately, not everyone is in a celebratory mood...
Body sensors able to tip off gait, Alzheimer’s risk: study
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 08, 2018
A low-cost wearable sensor used to assess a person’s gait may help detect and monitor Alzheimer’s disease, according to research led by scientists at Newcastle University. In the study, published...
Ambien alternative? FDA approves insomnia drug that improves sleep in seniors
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 01, 2020
New insomnia medication lemborexant compared favorably to an extended release form of Ambien in a late-stage clinical trial.
More Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits coming in 2020, even as rate of participating plans falls
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 10, 2019
The percentage of Medicare Advantage plans that offer top supplemental benefits will be decreasing, according to a Duke study.
Are you ready for some more quality? Doesn’t matter
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 12, 2016
Did you feel the Earth move a bit extra Wednesday? Didn’t think so, even though that was THE DAY that five new quality reporting measures were added to the calculations for nursing home grades.
Leadership through laughter
By
Julie Thorson
Mar 28, 2014
I am often reminded how lucky we are to come to work and experience something new, exciting, and fun every day. I’m sure you feel the same way. Our team laughs often, and many times we laugh quite...
Communities celebrate National Nursing Home Week in style
By
Liza Berger
May 14, 2010
A Senior Olympics, turtle races, sprucing up the outdoors. These were just a few events held around the country to honor National Nursing Home Week (May 9-15).
Half of what I say is meaningless
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 13, 2015
That headline will only make sense if you were either alive or conscious during the 1960s, or care about good music. It’s a lyric from a Beatles song, written by John Lennon for his mother, Julia....