Nominations open for 2024 Pinnacle Awards program to recognize industry veterans
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 13, 2023
Nominations are now open for the second annual McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards program, recognizing industry veterans who are setting new standards, driving change, providing guidance and inspiring others...
Pinnacle Awards standard nomination deadline a week away
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2023
The standard nomination deadline for the McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards is Friday, Oct. 20 — a week away.
Proposed initiative effectively would kill long-term care payroll tax program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2024
A new initiative “cleverly framed to sound like a reasonable change” to allow people to opt out of Washington state’s long-term care insurance program would effectively kill the program and take...
Tech Awards’ final deadline is today!
Jun 28, 2023
Today is the last day to enter the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
1 week left to enter the 2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards
Jun 16, 2023
The deadline to enter the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards is a week away — Friday, June 23. Find out more here.
Some senior living operators may find Medicaid payment expansion tempting
By
John O'Connor
Nov 28, 2018
Senior living operators have historically not been involved in psychiatric care. But that soon could change. The reason: A recent Medicaid coverage expansion could lead to new business opportunities, a...
Senior living hourly wages outpace private sector, but competition for workers continues
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 24, 2024
Hourly wages in senior living communities have increased by 30.9% over the past five years, outpacing growth in the broader private sector by 6.5 percentage points. But the labor market remains “exceptionally...
PACE sees potential to expand in American Jobs Plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 02, 2021
The devil is still in the details, but Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) are optimistic they could be big winners in President Joseph Biden’s American Jobs Plan, which would funnel...
Lesbian resident’s discrimination case back in court
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 08, 2018
A lawsuit claiming that an Illinois senior living community failed to protect a lesbian resident from harassment, discrimination and violence from fellow residents because of her sex and sexual orientation...
Senior living provider announces data breach of employee personal information
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 27, 2022
An Oregon-based senior living and skilled nursing provider has had its computer network breached, affecting the personal information of some of its employees as well as some employees of affiliated entities.
