The most recently published editors’ columns appear below.
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Get reacquainted with 51 fabulous women
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2021
Thanks to the McKnight’s summer interns, you have the opportunity to learn more about the 2021 McKnight’s Women of Distinction beginning today.
A sector in disarray?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 01, 2021
Senior living may be on the cusp of an extremely interesting and critical era.
Want to live longer? Be optimistic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2021
Being optimistic can help people live longer, even at the age of 85 or 90, according to the results of a recent study. But how can people increase optimism?
Senior living’s next opportunity might have a high price of admission
By
John O'Connor
Jun 24, 2021
Why focus on a relatively small cohort when the hoi polloi might fill many more fill units? I guess you could say there are millions of reasons.
‘Most sought after’ is a good position to be in
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2021
With senior living occupancy seemingly having bottomed out and now trending upward for several providers as the effects of the pandemic wane, more good news recently came for the senior living industry,...
It’s time for senior living to reconsider two important matters
By
John O'Connor
Jun 17, 2021
They might seem like pretty straightforward questions. But all too often in senior living, they do not receive anywhere near the attention they deserve.
Home care: Senior living’s frenemy?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 10, 2021
These days, more operators are wondering whether home care is likely to become a friend or foe. Here’s the answer.
New research could help attract residents, but a to-do list remains
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 07, 2021
Senior living operators received some good news last week with the publication of the results of a long-awaited study of COVID mortality rates in the United States in residential senior housing and care...
How to earn massively more money in senior living
By
John O'Connor
Jun 03, 2021
If you want to escape the senior living pay doldrums, the obvious first step is…
Trust me: This will improve workers’ vaccination rates
By
John O'Connor
May 27, 2021
Many millions of the adults remain unvaccinated — including many who work in the senior living field — have no intention of ever getting a shot. To senior living operators, that is — or at least...