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Who’s eligible?
Nominees working in the skilled nursing, senior living or home care sectors are eligible for recognition. They work in skilled nursing or post-acute care; senior living, including independent living, assisted living, memory care or life plan / continuing care retirement communities; or home care, home health or hospice. Direct care providers, managers, executives, corporate executives and owners are eligible. Those who serve the field indirectly, such as via associations or as thought leaders, also may apply. Women who work for vendor companies serving the long-term care industry are not eligible.
The categories:
Hall of Honor — Candidates should be senior-level professionals in the C-suite or at a level equivalent to vice president or higher and should have made a significant impact on their organizations or on the industry.
Veteran VIPs — Candidates will have more than 15 years of experience making an impact on the senior living, skilled nursing or home care fields and be at a level lower than vice president or its equivalent. Whether as a community/facility administrator or executive director; or as a director of nursing, health/wellness or activities; or through some other position, nominees must have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the senior living and care industry through their accomplishments.
Rising Stars — Candidates must be aged 40 or fewer years or have fewer than 15 years of experience in the profession. Also, they must have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the senior living and care industry. Their achievements/accomplishments may include, for example, managing a project, developing a campaign or contributing to the field via research or thought leadership.
McKnight’s Spirit Award — This award will recognize inspiring caregiving and service provision efforts. Eligibility is open to women working in skilled nursing, senior living or home care who have demonstrated acts of bravery, courage, perseverance, dedication, determination — or other noble gestures. Multiple award winners will be chosen. The awardees will be celebrated in conjunction with the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program. Nominations for this award may be submitted at no charge.
Deadlines + Fees
Standard Deadline: January 5, 2024 at 11:59 pm EST ($89/entry)
Extended Deadline: January 12, 2024 at 11:59 pm EST ($119/entry)
Category Criteria
Hall of Honor
Candidates should be senior-level professionals in the C-suite or at a level equivalent to vice president or higher and should have made a significant impact on their organizations or the industry.
Hall of Honor nomination criteria (Please provide as much quantitative and qualitative detail as possible within the word limits of each section):
Job history (maximum 300 words)
The nominee’s exceptional achievements and contributions or service. This also can include outside activities, such as charitable efforts, academic accomplishments, family or personal interests. Please provide as much quantitative information as possible. (maximum 300 words)
Is there anything else about your nominee that you would like the judging panel to consider? (optional) (maximum 300 words)
Finally, tell us why McKnight’s should select this nominee.
Veteran VIPs
Candidates will have more than 15 years of experience making an impact on the senior living, skilled nursing or home care fields and be at a level lower than vice president or its equivalent. Whether as a community/facility administrator or executive director; or as a director of nursing, health/wellness or activities; or through some other position, they must have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the senior living and care industry through their accomplishments.
Veteran VIPs nomination criteria (Please provide as much quantitative and qualitative detail as possible within the word limits of each section):
Job history (maximum 300 words)
The nominee’s exceptional achievements and contributions or service. This also can include outside activities, such as charitable efforts, academic accomplishments, family or personal interests. Please provide as much quantitative information as possible. (maximum 300 words)
Is there anything else about your nominee that you would like the judging panel to consider? (optional) (maximum 300 words)
Finally, tell us why McKnight’s should select this nominee.
Rising Stars
Must be aged 40 or fewer years or have less than 15 years of experience in the profession, and must have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the senior living and care industry. Those achievements/accomplishments may include, for example, managing a project, developing a campaign or contributing to the field via research or thought leadership.
Rising Stars nomination criteria (Please provide as much quantitative and qualitative detail as possible within the word limits of each section):
Job history (maximum 300 words)
The nominee’s exceptional achievements and contributions or service. This also can include outside activities, such as charitable efforts, academic accomplishments, family or personal interests. Please provide as much quantitative information as possible. (maximum 300 words)
Is there anything else about your nominee that you would like the judging panel to consider? (optional) (maximum 300 words)
Finally, tell us why McKnight’s should select this nominee.
Please note that any box with a * is a required field. We also ask for a high-quality headshot of the nominee. A 300 dots per inch tiff, jpg or png file is preferred.
Spirit Award
The McKnight’s Spirit Award will recognize inspiring caregiving and service provision efforts. Eligibility is open to women working in skilled nursing, senior living or home care who have demonstrated acts of bravery, courage, perseverance, dedication, determination — or other noble gestures. Up to five inductees will be chosen. The awardees will be celebrated in conjunction with the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program.
Nominations for this award may be submitted at no charge. Please provide as much quantitative and qualitative detail as possible within the word limits of each section.
Describe what exemplary thing this person did. (100 words)
What makes it so inspirational? (100 words)
Please provide any additional information you would like the judging panel to know. Include links to media articles if relevant.
Nomination Rules
McKnight’s Women of Distinction nominees must work in North America.
Nominations must be submitted and paid for online.
Women honored in previous years are not eligible for nomination in the same category this year.
Any person who identifies as a woman is eligible to be nominated.
All entries must be submitted and paid for online no later than Jan. 9, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
All information shared with McKnight’s Long Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care as part of the nomination process will be considered part of the public domain and potentially will be included in the honoree’s profile and/or a program for the event celebrating the honorees.
See coverage of last year's event at McKnights.com, McKnightsSeniorLiving.com and McKnightsHomeCare.com. Stay tuned for more information about the 2024 program at those two websites as well.
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