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EPISODE · May 11, 2022 · 17 MIN

McKnight's Long-Term Care News Newsmakers Podcast: An LTC hero rises above a deadly natural disaster

from McKnight's Podcast · host James M. Berklan, Cassie Morris, Sarah Stewart

Cassie Morris, the assistant director of nursing at Mayfield Health and Rehab, the top manager on site at the time, presciently led a practice drill just hours before a major twister hit. That and other follow-up care, performed despite personal tragedy that struck her family that fateful night, helped save countless residents’ lives. It was a hero’s tale, as 70 others lost their lives that day in a series of tornadoes that wreaked havoc over a 165-mile stretch in America’s heartland.  Follow us on Twitter: @mcknightsltcn  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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A tornado that would leave a 165-mile-long trail of death and destruction through six states in December 2021 demolished Mayfield Health and Rehabilitation in Mayfield, KY. But thanks to outstanding preparation and execution by staff members, what could have been one of the industry’s most tragic stories of the year became one of its proudest. Cassie Morris, the assistant director of nursing at Mayfield, the top manager on site at the time, presciently led a practice drill just hours before the twister hit, saving countless resident and staff lives. Moderator James M. Berklan takes us back to that eventful night five months ago with insights from Morris and Sarah Stewart, the company’s regional director of operations, to discuss the challenges — and what went, oh, so right.

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