Thanks to monitoring technology, Griswold has learned just how often clients fall when caregivers are not in the home, CEO Michael Slupecki said. This technology also has helped to provide insights into whether caregivers and patients are getting along and whether patients are confused about their medications. This type of data not only helps to improve the experience for patients, it also provides key data for insurance payers like Medicare Advantage. As the number of people aging in place grow...
Dec 12, 2024•18 min•Ep. 221
Remember when the iPhone transformed our understanding of what a phone could be? There's a similar revolution brewing in LTC admissions. Tune in to explore how leading facilities are reimagining the first 24 hours of care—turning a fragmented process into an experience that's beautifully simple, yet remarkably powerful. Ari Shabat, Reside Admissions' CEO, reveals how Admissions 3.0 sets a new standard where compliance feels effortless, staff love their work, and revenue naturally follows. Discov...
Dec 05, 2024•20 min
Mary Munoz manages the western region of Ziegler's senior living practice, where she specializes in financing senior living mergers and acquisitions, and in stragegic and capital planning consulting services. On the cusp of her impending retirement from Zieger, Mary shares her unique perspective as both an expert and a consumer, how she's seen the industry change over time, and her predicitons for the future of senior living.
Nov 13, 2024•21 min•Ep. 220
Discover how data analytics are transforming senior living, enhancing resident care, improving operational efficiency and driving innovation. Learn actionable insights that will shape the future of this evolving industry.
Oct 31, 2024•28 min
Joseph Kitonga, founder & CEO of Vitable Health, joins us from the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s 2024 Conference where he shares how his parents’ experience running a home care agency led him to create Vitable, a company designed to help home care agencies offer affordable health benefits to their employees. We also dive into why home health care businesses are among the most likely to be audited by the IRS for non-compliance with the Affordable Care Act, what it means t...
Oct 30, 2024•17 min
Follow us on social media: X (formerly Twitter): @McKHomeCare Facebook: McKnight's Home Care LinkedIn: McKnight's Home Care Instagram: mcknights_homecare Follow BoldAge PACE on social media: X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/NA4Caregiving/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NA4Caregiving/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-alliance-for-caregiving/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caregiver_nation/ Show contributors: McKnight’s Home Care Staff Writer Adam Healy and Ja...
Oct 30, 2024•24 min•Ep. 219
All team members at skilled nursing facilities have a stake in getting the ever-evolving MDS stipulations right. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is collecting more information than ever before, and they’re studying it for patterns more rigorously than ever. Consider MDS processes another example of high-risk management, and it shouldn’t be taken lightly. That’s the view of Leah Klusch, the executive director of The Alliance Training Center, who sat down with McKnight’s Long-Term...
Oct 22, 2024•24 min•Ep. 218
Not live from the AHCA/NCAL conference in Orlando, FL, where he was to be a speaker, Stan Szpytek, president of Fire and Life Safety Inc., discusses what senior living providers must do to prepare for natural disasters and man-made events. He also shares problems that can occur when communities decorate for the holidays.
Oct 16, 2024•14 min•Ep. 217
Tom Grape, founder, chairman and CEO of Benchmark Senior Living talks about advocating for the senior living industry, fighting cost creep, settings rates and what's ahead for Benchmark and senior living in general.
Oct 09, 2024•18 min•Ep. 216
Liz Fandel, chief marketing and innovation officer of FellowshipLIFE, shares thoughts about the changing expectations of senior living residents and prospective residents, ways that providers are marketing to them and their families, ideas for improving those efforts, and more.
Oct 02, 2024•15 min•Ep. 213
Providers who’ve been waiting on the sidelines in a lending environment that felt nearly impossible are already coming to the table, ready to make new deals, after the Federal Reserve made its first rate cut in four years on Sept. 18. That’s the report from Tami Antebi, the New York-based senior vice president and head of healthcare for global bank BHI. “They’ve been looking forward for the last year for these cuts to come,” Antebi says during this episode, recorded live at the National Investme...
Oct 01, 2024•12 min•Ep. 212
Darcy Santos, national director of resident programming for Five Star Senior Living, has spent the past five years fostering meaningful connections with residents and teams across the country through Five Star’s EPIC Living program. The holistic program, inspired by four dimensions of wellness — emotional, physical, intellectual, community — helps older adults manage changes and prevent common age-related health issues.
Sep 26, 2024•11 min•Ep. 211
Long-term care providers and others have felt the sting of False Claims Act litigation more than they ever cared to through the years, but now there’s a new, even more potent “whistleblower” program that could produce even more aggressive legal problems for providers. It’s called the Corporate Whistleblower Awards pilot program and it started quietly in August. Despite the “pilot” in its name, one expert warns the label merely means federal officials are in the process of honing it to make it ev...
Sep 24, 2024•17 min•Ep. 210
Debra Whitman, executive vice president and chief public policy officer at AARP, discusses her new book, “The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond,” and the messages it has for senior living providers and others. Among the insights she shares are those related to her experience with assisted living through her father-in-law, tackling workforce issues, older adults' financial security — or lack of it, and the benefits of bringing several generations together.
Sep 18, 2024•18 min•Ep. 209
Ole Lindbo, regional director of operations at The Springs Living and National Center for Assisted Living state leader for the state of Washington, shares how The Springs Living and other providers are observing National Assisted Living Week as well as discusses what attracted him to senior living, the ways he has seen the field change over the course of his career, the biggest opportunities and challenges facing providers, and his thoughts on what the future holds.
Sep 11, 2024•22 min•Ep. 208
Libby Care Center of Cascadia in Libby, MT, didn’t necessarily have a wide choice of psychiatrists to turn to when leaders decided to focus on lowering antipsychotic use among residents. So CEO Rachel Toland and her team turned to telehealth, a solution that has helped to bring in resources more quickly, manage behaviors without unnecessary medications, improve a key quality indicator and keep residents in their local community. “It really allowed us to be able to manage patients or residents th...
Sep 03, 2024•10 min•Ep. 207
In this episode, we explore the transformative potential of technology in augmenting staff efficiency in long-term care facilities. As the industry navigates staffing challenges, innovative solutions are being deployed to support caregivers, streamline operations, and enhance resident outcomes. Jim and Bharat welcome Dr. Dustin Feld, Head of Technology Innovation at MEDIFOX DAN to discuss practical applications of technology in areas such as onboarding and care coordination. Additionally, they a...
Aug 28, 2024•35 min
PHOENIX — Never has networking been more important for skilled nursing operators, especially given the seismic shifts happening thanks to a rush of post-pandemic mergers and acquisitions. Hersch Krohner, founder and CEO of eCap, recently talked with McKnight’s Long-Term Care News about his vision for his organization’s skilled nursing events and the future of the industry as regional operators begin to dominate. “Face-to-face networking has always been a pillar for leaders to really engage, inte...
Aug 27, 2024•17 min
Follow us on social media: X (formerly Twitter): @McKHomeCare Facebook: McKnight's Home Care LinkedIn: McKnight's Home Care Instagram: mcknights_homecare Follow BAYADA Home Health Care on social media: X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/InnovAge/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyInnovAge/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/myinnovage/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myinnovage/ Show contributors: McKnight’s Home Care Staff Writer Adam Healy and Richard Johnson, MD, MPH, chief m...
Aug 22, 2024•12 min•Ep. 206
What is wisdom? What makes someone wise? How does someone acquire wisdom? The Mather Institute set out to answer these and other questions in a survey of older adults. Dr. Jenny Smith, assistant vice president and director of Mather Institute, talked with McKnight’s Senior Living about a recent Mather research brief, Words of Wisdom, based on how older adults defined wisdom.
Aug 08, 2024•9 min•Ep. 205
In hiring lifelong “Washington guy” and veteran Beltway lobbyist Clif Porter as its next president and CEO, the American Health Care Association has perhaps a more insightful view into presidential and congressional politics than ever before. In his first interview since his promotion, Porter opened up with McKnight about his unique leadership style, caring for his mother and, among many other vital topics, how he expects the US presidential election will unfold for the long-term care sector. “I...
Jul 31, 2024•33 min•Ep. 204
Dwayne Clark, founder, chairman and CEO of Aegis Living, shares how senior living and Aegis Living have changed over past couple of decades, insights into attracting staff members and residents, and thoughts on what senior living could look like in the coming years.
Jul 31, 2024•26 min•Ep. 203
This podcast unravels the significance of Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) in healthcare, focusing on their potential for skilled nursing facilities, assisted living / memory care communities, and other senior living providers. We will discuss the benefits of I-SNPs, address industry challenges, and uncover strategies for leveraging these plans to enhance care delivery and financial performance.
Jul 30, 2024•17 min
Fee Stubblefield, founder and CEO of The Springs Living, talks with McKnight's Senior Living Editor Lois Bowers about tackling senior living's biggest challenges, making communities more attractive to the next generation of residents, and other lessons shared in his new book, "A Culture of Promise: The True Story of a Small Company's Quest to Transform the Senior Living Industry." Lois A. Bowers Editor, McKnight's Senior Living Fee Stubblefield Founder and CEO, The Springs Living
Jul 18, 2024•19 min•Ep. 202
A pending decision on whether Medicare will cover skin substitute grafts could put effective wound care tools out of the reach of too many seniors, an expert in wound care and health economics is warning. Bill Padula, former president of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and an assistant professor with the Department of pharmaceutical and health economics at the school at the University of Southern California, notes the products in the crosshairs are used to treat DFUs and venous leg u...
Jul 16, 2024•13 min•Ep. 201
The latest example of New Day’s innovative care delivery models is integrating a long-term therapy virtual staffing partner into its Texas Medicare Advantage (MA) business. New Day now is hoping to expand this model to other regions. This development, which entailed integrating an episodic care agency into a nonepisodic business, is an extension of the company’s “burning the ships" mantra, which means rethinking business in the wake of MA’s penetration, Herman said. Kaltroco North America, a pri...
Jul 11, 2024•22 min•Ep. 200
Guests: Robin Arnicar, president, NADONA TJ Griffin, chief clinical officer, Pharmerica
Jun 27, 2024•22 min
Guests : Bharat Monteiro, General Manager, Senior Living and Long-Term Care, MatrixCare Daniel Zhu, VP of Product for Data, Analytics and AI/ML, MatrixCare Allison Rainey, Head of Nursing and Clinical Informatics, MatrixCare
Jun 26, 2024•23 min
Journalist, humorist and history buff Mo Rocca talks with McKnight's Senior Living Editor Lois A. Bowers about his latest book, " Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs ." He shares inspiring stories of several later-in-life achievers and the lessons we can learn from them, as well as what he hopes to achieve later in life.
Jun 18, 2024•23 min•Ep. 199
National Skilled Nursing Week is meant to honor workers in America’s nursing homes, and plenty of leaders now roll out the red carpet for staff members with annual celebrations and prizes. But CareRite Centers, operating 33 facilities in four states, might be the standout when it comes to making teams feel a part of something bigger. The company has made a multimillion-dollar commitment to staff and resident experiences that exceed the norm, draw local and national interest, and keep applicants ...
Jun 18, 2024•11 min•Ep. 198
