Shelly Koch, executive director, operations-home-based services at Evangelical Lutheran good Samaritan Society in Sioux Falls, SD, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction...
Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction
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Foster Stubbs
May 16, 2024
“Hire the right people, and hire them as quickly as possible.”
Staffing, Medicaid policy force nursing homes to ‘self-limit’ access
Apr 09, 2024
One in four skilled nursing beds is offline in Pennsylvania, with providers tying reduced access directly to a lack of frontline staff and Medicaid payment shortfalls. But that’s no one-state issue,...
Survey: Nearly half of healthcare workers witness discrimination against patients
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 20, 2024
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are likely to witness discrimination in their workplaces, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund and the African American Research Collaborative. This can contribute...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Feb. 20
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 20, 2024
Study estimates 5.6% of middle-aged adults and 1.3% of older adults used cannabis in the past year … Research illustrates disparity in dental benefits among Medicare Advantage enrollees … New cancer...
Banking on long-term care’s resilience and proceeding with optimism
Mar 18, 2024
Lisa McCracken has observed and strategized within the long-term care sector for more than two decades. Now, as the new director of research and analytics for the National Investment Center for Seniors...
Nursing homes not planning for value-based care are falling behind
Jan 09, 2024
Does every nursing home need a value-based care strategy today? The answer, says Brian Fuller, ATI Advisory’s new managing director of value-based care design and delivery, is “unequivocally...
Feeding the community and the bottom line with an Unconventional service line
Oct 03, 2023
Pittsburgh-based Vincentian has been providing long-term care to its community for nearly 100 years, thanks to an order of Catholic nuns who set out to nourish the souls of 24 residents at the Holy Rosary...
Manhattan nursing home recreates Black history on their terms
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 21, 2024
The Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan is a bona fide melting pot of cultures. That’s why staff at MJHS Isabella Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care make sure residents have...
The future of long-term care recruitment and retention: How experts can better attract and retain quality...
Mar 28, 2024
Even though wages and benefits have increased for the long-term care workforce, the sector still suffers from an ongoing shortage of skilled caregivers. Innovative solutions, however, have shown the potential...