Jan. 18 (UPI) --The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced new initiatives to combat the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medication in nursing homes and expand families' access to ...

The Department of Heath and Human Services (HHS) Wednesday announced an initiative to reduce the “inappropriate” use of antipsychotic drugs in US nursing homes. HHS Secretary Xavier Becrerra linked ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Two area nursing homes accrued hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal fines before one changed ownership and the other closed last year, records show, and an advocate expects infractions to ...

Many U.S. nursing homes are creating phony schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, a government watchdog report said Thursday in its ...

A new study shows that electronic decision support tools can significantly help healthcare providers reduce potentially harmful medications for older adults living in long-term care facilities. The ...