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Skilled care operators have long been accused — often unfairly — of prioritizing profits over resident care. But if a new Senate report is to be believed, even the greediest [...]

The long-term care sector is grappling with a perplexing paradox. Service needs are growing rapidly, with more customers lining up by the day. And from the looks of things, that [...]

Abraham Lincoln had the advice that a house divided against itself cannot stand. While he directed this sentiment at slavery, it also reflects why efforts to create a more rational [...]

What a difference a year makes. At last year’s NIC Fall Conference, the mood wasn’t exactly bleak. But it seemed to linger somewhere between tense and somber. Operators and investors [...]

It’s clear the long-term care field is in a tough spot. At a time when worker shortages have never been more severe, regulators are pushing for minimum staffing benchmarks. One [...]

If ever there were a time to pause, assess the market, and evaluate the reality of your long-term care organization, it’s now. The landscape for operators is changing rapidly, with [...]

It’s no secret that employee turnover is one of the biggest challenges facing long-term care today. In many facilities, more than half of all the workers leave each year. No [...]

Like so many of our readers, I grew up a die-hard baseball fan. But let’s be honest: As much as I love the sport, it can get a bit dull. [...]

The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living released some updated supply and demand numbers last week. To say they are concerning would be an extreme understatement. In a [...]

When it comes to sizing up the long-term care market, is it too much of a cliché to trot out Charles Dickens’ famous “best of times, worst of times” line? [...]

Growing up as the child of immigrants in a working-class neighborhood, there were two things I held to be gospel: Unions and Democrats were good. How could it be otherwise? [...]