Providers warn of broad closures, agency reliance under possible staff mandate: 2023 Outlook Survey
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2023
Half of all nursing home providers and building leaders (49.8%) surveyed by McKnight’s Long-Term Care News said they would have to close in part or in full if federal regulators follow through with plans...
Indecision: Sinking ships and endangering lives
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 20, 2021
Will Congress continue to turn a deaf ear to the nursing home crisis if residents are dying for want of stability, if hospitals are backed up and unable to discharge patients for lack of admitting facilities?
Where will patients go when nursing homes close? Consider this uncomfortable possibility
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2024
Licensed practical nurse Kim Neuhalfen is scared about what the future holds. Mostly for her patients, sure, but also for the setting that she’s come to love in some ways more than all the others.
Yin and Yang. Tit for tat. Whatever you call it, nursing homes swing in the balance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2022
I was reminded already during this short work week of just how tit-for-tat the nursing home sector can feel.
Long-term care providers clamor for innovation to avert closing shop
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2024
Among struggling nursing homes, the share of facilities closing jumped significantly during the main pandemic years, even as the percent selling to for-profit organizations declined.