Deadline for 2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards is Jan. 5!
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2022
The standard nomination deadline for entries to the 2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program is just around the corner — Thursday, Jan. 5.
States push CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2022
A coalition of 22 states is taking a new angle in its attempts to overturn a national mandate requiring that healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19: They’re simply asking federal regulators...
Updated: 22 states petition CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2022
A coalition of 22 states led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R), today formally called on the Biden administration to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home and other healthcare...
2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction nomination period now open
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2022
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Home Care and McKnight’s Senior Living have opened the nomination process for the 5th annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
McKnight’s Women of Distinction 2022: Liz Dauch
Nov 09, 2022
Liz Dauch, corporate infection preventionist for Stonerise Healthcare and 2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Veteran VIP, shares the words she lives by, the best part of her day, and the advice...
ProMedica makes near total exit from skilled nursing sector
By
Kimberly Marselas
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2022
ProMedica late Monday called its departure from a massive skilled nursing joint venture a way to resolve its “ongoing operating losses within its Senior Care Division.”
43 recommendations help fill gap in medical and mental healthcare guidance for assisted living, experts...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2022
Forty-three recommendations from a new study will guide medical and mental healthcare and increase care consistency in assisted living, the authors say.
Residents’ high burden of chronic disease calls for operator-provider partnerships: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 16, 2022
U.S. senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care and housing to improve...
McKnight’s Women of Distinction 2022: Mitze Amoroso
Jul 22, 2022
Mitze Amoroso, senior vice president and chief information officer of ArchCare and a 2022 inductee into the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor, shares the words she lives by, her biggest...
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patricia Will answers important questions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2022
2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner shares the words she lives by, the biggest surprise of her career, advice for people considering careers in long-term care,...