Technology, advocacy required to empower workers in LTC, healthcare’s ‘hardest setting’
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, skilled nursing and senior living leaders are both going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to grow their direct care...
Lynn Hood to receive 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2024
Lynn Hood, a long-term care executive well-known for answering the call to act under emergency conditions and being a champion of employees, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award...
Swift Medical wins Gold for use of AI in wound care
By
Foster Stubbs
Dec 05, 2023
Anyone who has seen the “Terminator” movies may be predisposed to have a healthy skepticism of artificial intelligence. However, the work being done at Swift Medical might cause them to reconsider...
Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line wins Tech Gold in Quality for falls-prevention program
By
Foster Stubbs
Nov 29, 2023
Editor’s note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are publishing focused articles on the 2023 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology...
Winners announced in 13th Annual McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 21, 2023
RiverSpring Living from the Bronx, NY, was a big winner Wednesday when medalists were announced in the 2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards competition.
NEW DATE FOR THE POSTPONED SESSION
Wednesday, April 19 at 2pm ET
McKnight’s 17th annual Spring Online Expo March 22
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 03, 2023
The 17th annual spring edition of the McKnight’s Online Expo will take place March 22 and offer the chance to earn three free CE credits.
TB cases are ticking up. Test with speed and accuracy
The number of people infected with tuberculosis has risen for the first time in years, according to the World Health Organization, making efforts to detect and prevent the deadly condition even more critical.
TB: Tried, tested and timely strategies for detecting infection
Amid the COVID and monkeypox public health emergencies, providers must remain vigilant for other common causes of infection.
Meet Joylin Nation, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
C. Max Bachmann
Aug 01, 2022
Joylin Nation describes her father as a man who “would give his all to help others.”