Twenty senior-level leaders in skilled nursing, senior living and home care are being announced today as 2026 inductees into the Hall of Honor in the annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards ...

In long-term care, few changes feel more consequential than altering how medications are administered. Medication passes are not just a task; they are deeply tied to assessment, observation and ...

A new multilevel intervention for rural nursing home (NH) patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) has been developed for future behavioral intervention testing. The program is ...

In long-term care, few changes feel more consequential than altering how medications are administered. Medication passes are not just a task; they are ...

The remaining category winners in the 2026 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards program will be announced Monday and Tuesday, when the “Spirit” and “Commercial Excellence” honorees are unveiled.

There was a Bizarro World juxtaposition of two headlines on the same day recently. One, in this publication, concerned a bill sponsored by seven ...

Nursing homes that raise caregiver wages to stay competitive need help from both industry stakeholders and rulemakers in order to stay “financially viable” in the short run, researchers say.

You’ve surely thought to yourself that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is sometimes working at cross purposes when it comes to its extensive nursing home regulations.

Three years ago, COVID, stagnant Medicaid rates and overdue provider taxes threatened to drive Accura Healthcare out of business.

Older adults who had experienced prolonged exposure to air pollution were at higher risk of transitioning into more severe states of physical disability, according to a February study published in ...

About 2.9 million people, or an estimated 1 in 10 Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees, will be disenrolled from their plans in 2026, according to a February research letter published in the Journal of ...

For those who have known me only in my current form as a ponderous and pasty long-term care writer, it must be hard to imagine. But I once strode the ...