Stumbling blocks or stepping stones: the path to decreasing antipsychotic and psychotropic drug use in...
Aug 30, 2022
[Partner content] Join Nancy Losben, executive director of quality at Omnicare, and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Executive Editor Jim Berklan as they discuss the use of psychotropic drugs in...
Providers, welcome home!
By
Liza Berger
Oct 07, 2021
With a new website, McKnight’s Home Care found its home in the literal and figurative sense of the word this week.
At-risk older adults are not checking their blood pressure at home, poll finds
By
Liza Berger
Oct 07, 2021
Many older adults who need to keep their blood pressure under control are not checking it at home or in other places outside the healthcare system.
McKnight’s Home Care undergoes digital transformation
By
Liza Berger
Oct 05, 2021
McKnight’s Home Care is growing up this week.
With ADA now 30, time is ripe for passage of Better Care Better Jobs Act
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2021
For those who work in home care, the documentary “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” should be required viewing.
Home care providers rally around CDC booster shot decision; CMS to pay for third shot
By
Liza Berger
Sep 27, 2021
Home care providers were pleased after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday signed off on a third Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot for people 65 and older and people at increased risk for...
Congressional council recommends financial, workplace security for family caregivers
By
Liza Berger
Sep 27, 2021
As Congress continues to debate the size and scope of a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that may include funding for the care economy, a congressional council last week released recommendations to...
Home Care briefs for Monday, Sept. 27
By
Liza Berger
Sep 27, 2021
Senator, commerce secretary pen op-ed in favor of Biden’s home care plan … AARP selects first network of primary care providers to carry AARP name … Always Best Care joins Flex for Checks vaccination...
CDC gives green light to COVID-19 booster shots for seniors, healthcare workers
By
Liza Berger
Sep 24, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention early Friday recommended giving the COVID-19 Pfizer booster shot to seniors, people with underlying medical conditions and healthcare workers.
A new sheriff in town, to home care’s dismay
By
Liza Berger
Sep 24, 2021
In terms of pay and employment issues, the current president has not exactly been a friend of the program.