When news broke this week regarding the first injunction against the federal vaccine requirement for healthcare workers, I’ll admit I was surprised that a court found enough merit in the challenging…
This LTC Vision moving ever closer to prime time
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 29, 2021
There’s a group that’s been working on improving a vital long-term care supply chain element since well before the pandemic. To say it’s been doing well would be an understatement.
Thanks for telling your story
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 24, 2021
As a journalist, there’s not much better than writing a story that touches a nerve and gets people talking. When you share our work, we know we’ve hit on a critical topic or found a new perspective…
A payment program that should be fixed, not nixed
By
John O'Connor
Nov 22, 2021
Look, Washington state’s public insurance program is far from perfect. But if some opponents have their way, it’ll never even get started. And that would be a real loss.
This season, the gifts will just keep on comin’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 17, 2021
There’s no more dreading what’s in the box, no fear that you’re getting some dud gift dressed up in the fanciest of double-sided wrapping paper.
Another one bites the dust
By
John O'Connor
Nov 15, 2021
Skilled care has been absorbing a lot of body blows lately. The latest was delivered Friday, and it’s going to leave a mark.
Get ready. The club is ready to grow again
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 12, 2021
It’s back. Not flu season, not the dreaded survey team, not the freezing temperatures if you live far enough north.
Hold on. This is gonna hurt.
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 10, 2021
I was listening earlier this week to an update on federal vaccine mandate challenges, which seem likely to send us on a roller coaster ride of emotions, preparedness and, potentially, disorganization,…
Of staffing relief and other unintended outcomes
By
John O'Connor
Nov 08, 2021
One of those promises made last year by presidential candidate Joe Biden (and many other Democrats on the ballots) was a commitment to paid family leave.
Ready or not, it’s time for some resolve
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 05, 2021
The end of year is always a popular time to ponder one’s next moves, both personal and professional. This year that sentiment takes on more meaning than ever.
Per-bed values fuel skilled nursing mystery
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 04, 2021
What’s happening in skilled nursing transactions lately has left deal brokers scratching their heads.
The real trick-or-treating is about to begin
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2021
Halloween is the one event each year where getting scared silly can be part of the fun. But you could hardly blame providers who’d prefer to skip that opportunity.
Solution to nursing homes’ census struggles could be right under their nose
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 29, 2021
Maybe all that skilled nursing providers need to do to counteract anemic or slipping census numbers is say they’ve become a continuing care retirement community.
Not ‘the life we want’ as elders? Don’t settle for normalcy
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 26, 2021
Katie Smith Sloan, leader of the nation’s main advocacy group for nonprofit long-term care providers, this week told her members that the pandemic has given them a “significant opportunity to redefine…
Too many providers are living in fear
By
John O'Connor
Oct 25, 2021
If you looked close enough, you saw it on many faces at the Argentum and American Health Care Association meetings. Careful observers will notice it again this week, as LeadingAge’s annual conference…
There is only one long-term care road
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 22, 2021
Study results released Thursday illustrate just how important “walking the walk” — and not just talking the talk — is in the workplace.
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?
We now join our general strike in progress
By
John O'Connor
Oct 18, 2021
If it’s any consolation, you no longer walk alone. At least, not on the labor front.
Stress? Resolve? Hope? You can feel it in their voices
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 15, 2021
Today, for the first time at mcknights.com, you can read about and HEAR about agency staffing and other key issues straight from providers’ mics.
‘Living’ legacy takes on new meaning in COVID times
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 14, 2021
Like the industry facing its own mortality, Reggie Hartsfield went headlong into the struggle and refused to go down.
