Nursing homes left in the dark when utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
By
Kate Ruder, KFF Health News
Jun 10, 2024
As preemptive power cuts become more widespread, nursing homes are being forced to evaluate their preparedness. But it shouldn’t be up to the facilities alone, according to industry officials and academics.
Gender, identity emerge as new EEOC issue for skilled nursing employers
By
Josh Henreckson
May 30, 2024
Amid quickly shifting cultural norms and a changing legal landscape, legal experts say skilled nursing providers must better understand how to protect employees from sex and gender discrimination — including...
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...
Meet Mary Franklin, 2023 Spirit Award winner
By
Rachael Zimlich
Jul 12, 2023
Learn more about Mary Franklin, Executive Director, Cypress Cove, Fort Myers, FL.
Meet Nadeen Moore, 2023 Spirit Award winner
By
Rachael Zimlich
Aug 08, 2023
Learn more about Nadeen Moore, Area Nurse Manager, Florida, Brookdale Senior Living, West Palm Beach, FL.
Meet Juliet Fountain, 2023 Veteran VIP
By
Rachael Zimlich
Jul 17, 2023
Learn more about Juliet Fountain, Administrator and Executive Director, Harrison Senior Living (Harrison House of Snow Hill and and John B. Parsons Assisted Living), Snow Hill, MD.
Meet Izabella Wells, 2023 Rising Star
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 14, 2023
Learn more about Izabella Wells, Director of Nursing, Hilltop Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Charleston, IL.
Meet Hannah Sizemore, 2023 Rising Star
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 09, 2023
Learn more about Hannah Sizemore, Administrator, Barbourville Health & Rehabilitation Center, Barbourville KY.
Meet Kimberly Nystrom, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Aug 04, 2023
Learn more about Kimberly Nystrom, President of Skilled Home Health, Elara Caring, Dallas.
Meet Jill Sorenson, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Jul 13, 2023
Learn more about Jill Sorenson, Senior Vice President/Senior Director of Operations, LCS, Des Moines, IA.