The three McKnight’s brands won a collective 10 awards for editorial excellence April 11 from the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

McKnight’s Senior Living won four awards, and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Home Care each won three awards.

The honors, for work published in 2023, came in the Azbee Awards’ Upper Midwest Region competition, which includes business-to-business media outlets in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The McKnight’s brands are based in Northbrook, IL.

McKnight’s Home Care Editor Liza Berger and Staff Writer Adam Healy shared a Gold award in the Government Coverage category for the brand’s coverage of home health payment cuts proposed by the US government.

The McKnight’s brands won a total of four Silver awards:

• McKnight’s Senior Living Editor Lois A. Bowers and Content Editor Kimberly Bonvissuto took home a Silver award in the News Analysis category for “Quality, safety, accountability vital, industry leaders say, as Washington Post report cites deaths at ‘dangerously understaffed’ communities.” The article, written by Bowers with additional reporting by Bonvissuto, detailed a package of articles published in the Washington Post about assisted living and memory care community residents who had eloped and died — and industry reaction to it.
• Bowers’ and Bonvissuto’s names also appeared on a Silver award that McKnight’s Senior Living won in the Government Coverage category, for the brand’s ongoing coverage of government news of interest to senior living providers. Also named on the award were McKnight’s Editorial Director John O’Connor and writers Kathleen Steele Gaivin and Aaron Dorman.
• McKnight’s Long-Term Care News won a Silver award in the Original Research category for its “Mood of the Market” survey of skilled nursing providers, the print package of which combined reporting from four Daily Update e-newsletter installments. Named on the award were McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kim Marselas and McKnight’s Senior Art Director Monica Pizzi.
• McKnight’s Long-Term Care News also won a Silver award in the Online Breaking News category for its coverage of a first-ever minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes proposed by the US government. Named on the award were Marselas and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Executive Editor James M. Berklan.

The brands also won a collective five Bronze awards:

• McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care each won Bronze awards in the Online Industry News Coverage category. Named on the McKnight’s Senior Living award were Bowers, Bonvissuto, O’Connor, Gaivin, Dorman and McKnight’s Special Projects Coordinator Foster Stubbs. Named on the McKnight’s Home Care award were Berger, Healy and McKnight’s Graphic Designer Aminah Beg.
• McKnight’s Long-Term Care News won a Bronze award in the Podcast category for a Market Leaders podcast, “How technology is shaping the value-based care evolution.” Named on the award were Berklan, who conducted the interview, as well as Haymarket Media Senior Producer, Podcasts, Bill Fitzpatrick.
• McKnight’s Home Care’s Healy won a Bronze award in the Event Coverage category for his coverage of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s Annual Conference.
• McKnight’s Senior Living won a Bronze award in the Print Industry News Coverage category. Named on the award were Bowers, Bonvissuto, O’Connor, Gaivin and Dorman.