We’ve examined the analytics to reveal which subjects were top blog topics of interest for McKnight’s Senior Living website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers and friends in 2019.
3 big challenges for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 15, 2023
As McKnight’s Senior Living marks its 20th anniversary, what’s ahead for senior living? John O’Connor, editorial director, vice president and associate publisher, said he sees three major challenges...
Your favorite columns of 2022
Dec 21, 2022
COVID-19 and its related challenges, as well as regulation and incontinence, drew reader attention in 2022, according to analytics related to website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers...
Seemed like a good idea at the time
By
John O'Connor
Apr 20, 2023
Accepting Medicaid and being considered a healthcare provider? Senior living will never be the same, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.
You won’t want to hear this
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2024
It would be wise for senior living’s thought leaders to take a proactive role in dealing with the inevitable regulatory environment ahead.
So, senior living isn’t healthcare after all?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2024
The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...
Joint Commission awards first assisted living accreditation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2021
A nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Chicago on Friday became the first senior living community to achieve The Joint Commission’s assisted living community accreditation.
The real problem exposed by declining occupancy levels
By
John O'Connor
Sep 07, 2017
It’s getting tougher to keep assisted living buildings filled, but some explanations as to why seem to be ill-fitting.
Why skilled care’s pain could be senior living’s gain
By
John O'Connor
Feb 15, 2018
If you can deliver post-acute care at a lower cost than the skilled care joint down the street, you just might find yourself swimming in a very nice new revenue stream.
Medicaid, the Trojan horse of senior living
By
John O'Connor
Feb 08, 2018
Like the citizens of Troy who failed to realize a hollow wooden horse contained something terrible, senior living operators have ignored the real threat Medicaid might unleash: federal rules and regulations.