No taste like home: Iowa group provides weekly meals for nursing facility’s workers
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Danielle Brown
May 05, 2022
An Iowa group is making sure nearby nursing facility workers always have a taste of home while on the job each weekend.
Kindness still blooming as NY florist spreads flower-giving campaign
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Danielle Brown
Jan 27, 2022
Even though spring isn’t here yet, a New York florist wants nursing home residents to know that compassion is always in season.
Iowans feed SNF workers every week
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2022
An Iowa man and his friends are making sure some skilled nursing facility workers always have a taste of home while working each weekend.
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The Ensign Group has officially established its new captive real estate investment trust, Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, executives announced Thursday.
East Coast operator leads more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients to recovery
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Danielle Brown
Jun 29, 2020
Training staff and quickly adapting to new coronavirus guidance from the federal government have been instrumental for CareOne’s success in treating and recovering more than 3,000 of patients during...
Stained glass brightens Minnesota facility
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Danielle Brown
Feb 03, 2022
Salvaged stained glass windows from a now-closed nursing home have helped transform a Minnesota facility’s chapel 14 miles away.
Stained glass beauty extends 14 miles
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 01, 2022
Salvaged stained glass windows from a now-closed nursing home have helped transform another facility’s chapel — 14 miles away.
Bob Lane: Consensus builder is center stage
Jan 01, 2022
In September 2021, Bob Lane became the president and CEO of the American College of Health Care Administrators even though he had planned to retire after 34 years in aging services.
Coronavirus session added to next week’s McKnight’s Online Expo
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Danielle Brown
Mar 13, 2020
Due to high interest and the fluid situation of the global pandemic involving the coronavirus, organizers have added a webinar outlining best practices for weathering the historic outbreak to next week’s...