The most recently published editors’ columns appear below.
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Vim and vigor at the ripe old age of 50
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 24, 2021
Maybe Phil Mickelson’s recent accomplishment will remind people that 50-year-olds still have plenty of vim and vigor. In a recent survey, people just a few years older than him provided some insights...
Senior living’s unspoken debt problem
By
John O'Connor
May 20, 2021
Many of your employees sure could use some debt relief. If you happen to be the agent of such assistance, you’d be more than a benevolent soul. You also might be the operator whose recruitment and retention...
Carrot or stick?
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 17, 2021
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s incentive to encourage COVID vaccination may be the biggest, but he’s not the only state or city official trying to entice residents to get the shot. And government...
Many operators got relief. Some may soon get the hammer.
By
John O'Connor
May 13, 2021
The feds plan to use data analytics and specialized task forces to uncover anything that even remotely smells like fraud or abuse.
Get rewarded for your use of tech during the pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 10, 2021
If your community used tech during this past year — simple or advanced — to improve services, care or operations, we want you to be recognized for those efforts.
How’d you find comfort during the pandemic year?
By
John O'Connor
May 06, 2021
My guess is that there is not a person reading this who has not dealt with a COVID-19-related caregiving, service or operational challenge. And it’s probably a safe bet that most of us have had to make...
Could ideas from senators, CEO help fix senior living workforce woes?
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2021
Two senators are asking the Department of Labor to “prioritize supporting older workers,” and the head of the National Council on Aging has put forth a potentially even bigger idea: that the Labor...
First they came for skilled care …
By
John O'Connor
Apr 29, 2021
Did you hear that Humana will pay $5.7 billion to wrest control of Kindred at Home? Of course you didn’t. That’s a home care issue, not senior living. It’s hardly the kind of news that might affect...
Celebrate 52 women and earn 3 CE credits in 3 weeks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 26, 2021
We’re delighted once again in 2021 to offer the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum as a virtual event, May 18 and 19.
They play games, you pay the price
By
John O'Connor
Apr 22, 2021
Last week, the Biden administration withdrew Texas’s Medicaid waiver. This week, Republican Sen. John Cornyn responded in, well, unkind.