Improving the delivery of quality care in behavioral health programs has been a priority for Jessica Fear for more than a quarter of a century. Fear advocates for the use of data to inform and identify...
Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2024
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, senior living and skilled nursing leaders both are going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to expand their direct...
Mentorship, honesty are crucial to retaining senior living leaders of tomorrow, speakers say
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Josh Henreckson
May 17, 2024
Cultivating mentorships in senior living and care is vital to bringing up and retaining the next generation of sector leaders, a group of six prominent women leaders said this week during a McKnight’s...
Meet Kurt Merkelz, MD, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 09, 2024
Kurt Merkelz, MD, led the recent standardization of best practices throughout Compassus through the development of tools and procedures built into the organization’s interoperability platform. This effort...
For Cathy Williams, providing senior care at a level that exceeds expectations is in her blood. As the CEO of Winslow Campus of Care in Winslow, AZ, she keeps the skilled nursing facility and its staff...
Meet Joan DiPaola, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Thought Leader’ honoree
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 10, 2024
Perhaps Joan DiPaola’s most significant contribution to dementia care is the vital reminder to caregivers and their families that people living with dementia are people. As the senior dementia care specialist...
Meet Jennifer Brullo, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
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Kimberly Hartley
May 04, 2023
Jennifer Brullo, senior vice president of patient care services at VNS Health, received a Setting the Standard Award in the 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards.