Justice Department touts aggressive enforcement against pandemic relief fraud
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2021
As thousands of long-term care operators and other businesses fought to retain employees and stay afloat over the past year, hundreds of others were working to defraud relief programs to the tune of $569...
Benefits, culture key to hiring and retaining workers, leaders say
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2022
Combining pay increases with innovative benefits and a culture that rewards loyalty is a key way to improve long-term care hiring and retention, six industry leaders said last week.
Analysis of antiseptics
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2014
Data-driven strategies, acute-care solutions and natural ingredients will become increasingly important in the battle against HAIs and communicable diseases.
Beyond surface cleaning
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2014
Operators use room turnover as an opportunity to eliminate sometimes deadly bugs by layering basic cleaning with next-generation solvents and technology.
Simplifying, amplifying window visits during pandemic nets Inlet Coastal a Tech Awards Gold
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
For its efforts to reconnect residents with loved ones during the pandemic, Inlet Coastal Resort has won Gold in the Keep It Super Simple category of the 2020 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
McKnight’s Online Forum XII offers new ways to engage residents, meet clinical and technology challenges
Jun 02, 2021
June brings another opportunity to hear from industry experts on all things COVID-19-related, with the McKnight’s Online Forum XII. Participants at the free June 24 event will be able to earn up to three...
How best to protect home health aides and patients? That’s a $2.5 million question
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
Improving health and safety to bolster home health workforce recruitment and retention is the goal of a new, $2.48 million research endeavor at the Safe Home Care Project of UMass Lowell.
Focus on: Food service provider Sodexo extends leave for its workers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
Those with COVID-19 or related symptoms can receive up to 21 days of sick pay under firm’s expanded policy.
More than skin deep
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 01, 2017
Caregiver vigilance and improved products can work together to help prevent and treat wounds in the senior living setting.