McKnight's Long-Term Care News

2 weeks ago | mcknights.com | Kimberly Marselas |Kimberly Bonvissuto

The average payment for senior care liability claims doubled in the decade ending in 2024, with skilled nursing and other higher-acuity settings facing the highest increases. Liberty Mutual highlighted courtroom tactics as one reason for the steep rise in its recent 2025 senior care claims study. “Factors contributing to the increase in average indemnity payments include legal system abuse and plaintiffs’ counsel use of reptile theory courtroom tactics to inflame the jury,” the report noted.

2 weeks ago | mcknights.com | Doug Williams

Doing what we do as administrators of nursing facilities is uniquely challenging, regardless of the resident population, the team you’re working with, or the stakeholders who are paying attention to your every move. But when you are leading a facility with significant financial, regulatory, care and customer-service issues, that challenge is taken to a level that few can understand until you’ve labored in the trenches of such an environment.

2 weeks ago | mcknights.com | Zee Johnson

Providers embraced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to extend the deadline for its mandatory nursing home revalidation program, citing a significant increase in reporting burden and widespread, persistent uncertainty about what will actually fulfill requirements. CMS said in April that it is now giving  until Aug. 1 to report in detail a wide range of organizational ties. The agency did not respond to McKnight’s Long-Term Care News’ request for comment on the delayed rollout.

2 weeks ago | mcknights.com | Zee Johnson

Two long-term care powerhouses are supporting an apprenticeship program aiming to prove nursing home aides are as critical as any other worker in a facility. The Moving Forward Coalition and the LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass Boston are backing a federally funded initiative to develop certified nursing assistants apprenticeship programs.

1 month ago | mcknights.com | James M. Berklan

“Tapestry of Life” is the theme of the 2025 National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW), which begins its longstanding annual run Sunday. Providers and other aging services stakeholders are encouraged by the American Health Care Association to host events that “shine a light on the individuals who reside, work and volunteer in nursing centers while adhering to infecting control requirements,” according to the group.