US POINTER, a healthy lifestyle intervention, helped participants improve blood pressure regulation of blood flow to the ...
A nursing home with a hands-on medical director and a convenient next door neighbor is delivering high-frequency physician care rare in most facilities.
On a day in which Genesis HealthCare planned to begin wrapping up a deal that includes $40 million in cash for its assets, the one-time skilled nursing juggernaut will instead try to fight off efforts ...
Adults who were immunized against influenza between the ages of 40 and 50 did not experience an increased risk of incident Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a December study published in JAMA ...
Electronic health record providers are starting work that could transform how nursing homes grapple with prior authorization requests and length of stay determinations.
Congress’ Medicare advisory committee has made it clear that much work still needs to be done to bring alignment to post-acute care regulatory and payment matters. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...
A pending class-action lawsuit in Ohio demonstrates the increased vulnerability of nursing homes targeted by hackers seeking valuable patient and employee data.
Ad hoc infection prevention grou to step into advisory vacuum ... Fewer older adults living alone than in ‘90s, but they’re less likely to live in a nursing home … Senate bill would incentive states t ...
Operators have been anxiously awaiting the news that finally arrived last week. Now at last, many can finally exhale.
Maintaining friendships can help reduce loneliness in both older adult caregivers and older adults without children, and the internet can effectively facilitate such relationships, two new studies ...
Long-term care providers will be altering their priorities in 2026, thanks to evolving oversight, federal recommendations and public sentiment.
Under two proposed alternatives to the Five-Star Quality Rating System methodology, only 4% to 5% of nursing homes would earn ...