More than 83% of older adults in the “early transition period”, or the the initial two to four weeks after transitioning from home to a nursing home, exhibited negative attitudes towards aging, ...
Older adults who received cognitive speed training, plus booster sessions one and three years later, were 25% less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in the ...
An updated list of the nation’s largest nursing home chains reveals a new order — literally and operationally — among today’s top providers, many of whom embrace robust local leadership models and ...
With length-of-stay shrinking and appeals netting just an average of four days more skilled nursing care, researchers say it’s time for providers to focus on function, transitions and better ...
If you run a long-term care facility these days, you know the frustration: working hard and delivering excellent care, yet still being lumped in with the “bad apples” who give the field a bad name.
A Virginia lawmaker has proposed cutting funding to nursing homes that pay “excessive” rents to landlords, including real ...
While nursing homes added nearly 41,000 jobs last year, they still remain the only healthcare sector not to have fully ...
Community-dwelling older adults with cognitive frailty (CF) demonstrated an increased risk of a transition into an institutional care setting (TIC), according to a February study published in the ...
Provider groups are calling on CMS to adopt new rules that hold MA plans more accountable for “egregious” denials while also ...
A total of 65.5% of nursing home care workers reported having insufficient staffing and resources, according to a February Belgian study published in the Journal of Nursing Management.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is updating its nursing home surveyor guidance to emphasize more off-hours ...