Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff
By
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...
Honorees shine at sixth annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction event
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Senior living, skilled nursing and home care representatives celebrated the accomplishments of many during the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum ceremony Tuesday at the JW Marriott...
Meet Kurt Merkelz, MD, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
By
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...
As a young immigrant in a tough neighborhood of Elizabeth, NJ, Roberto Muñiz dreamed of a life beyond volunteering at a local hospital that provided him with free meals. Today, he is president and CEO...
As senior living sector recovers, some call for a change in the model
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 27, 2024
Overall, veterans in the long-term care field believe the aging services sector is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. But they don’t necessarily agree on where that recovery is at.
AHCA/NCAL’s Parkinson honors ‘real heroes’ in his own words
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2024
AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson received the 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards Career Achievement Award on Thursday. Read his acceptance speech here.
Life Care Services wins Gold in Keep It Super Simple category for use of on-demand pay software
By
Foster Stubbs
Nov 30, 2023
Life Care Services, an LCS company, implemented DailyPay software so that its employees could access their earned pay on demand when they wanted it.
Carolina Meadows wins Gold for use of technology to reduce falls
By
Foster Stubbs
Nov 29, 2023
Carolina Meadows won Gold in the Building Bridges category of the Senior Living track of the 2023 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Meet Rhonda St. Onge, 2023 Rising Star
By
Ron Rajecki
Aug 14, 2023
Learn more about Rhonda St. Onge, Executive Director, Brookdale Senior Living (Brookdale Trillium Crossing), Columbus, OH.
Meet Cindy Longfellow, 2023 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Ron Rajecki
Aug 03, 2023
Learn more about Cindy Longfellow, Vice President, Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Juniper Communities, Bloomfield, NJ.
