A fall prevention program for older adults offered benefits across two health systems with varied operations, volume and ...
Clinicians faced a variety of ethical challenges while providing care for nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Aging and dementia were linked to unique changes in the composition of gut microbiota, according to a February study published in Nutrients.
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who participated in a digital health intervention (DHI) experienced a significant reduction in symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to a ...
The long-term care industry as a whole on March 18 will be celebrating veteran leaders who have spent decades raising the bar for all LTC colleagues.
Providers must prepare both for shifting demographics and a new “Fee-for-Value” system that will continue to shift how the government pays for skilled nursing care, the head of the nation’s top ...
Medicare’s three-day rule was introduced 60 years ago to moderate costs of care for hospital patients headed to nursing home care, but the rule now appears to be artificially inflating overall costs, ...
You might have heard about this dashing guy with impressive dance moves and great pride in his native Puerto Rico making news lately. We’re going to miss him.
OK, so I am a sucker for late 1980s, early ’90s movies. And this past weekend, I watched both “Sister Act” and “Sister Act 2.” Don’t judge me. I love choir music (and when the good guys win). There is ...
The official overseeing a federal lending program critical to skilled nursing providers promises more changes are coming to speed up loan applications and processing.
Dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with complex medical needs had a higher likelihood of utilizing nursing home (NH) services compared to home- and community-based services (HCBS), ...
LTC financing is the castle; orthodox academics defend it; peer review is their moat. Let me explain. A recent scholarly article titled “Asset Spend-Down ...