Nursing home advocates came out swinging Tuesday, a day after a study asserting that facilities did not suffer significant closures or harm due to state staffing mandates was released.

The staffing of qualified social workers (QSW) was associated with a significant reduction in the use of restraints in nursing homes, particularly in facilities serving residents with cognitive ...

Originally created for hospitals, the World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) has been adapted to assess infection prevention and control (IPC) ...

A nursing home found to have erred in 99 of 100 reimbursement submissions during the pandemic is fighting back against those ...

A close relative with a recent health emergency faced the Medicare Advantage (MA) wall that we experience multiple times a day. After an ER visit that ...

Nursing home operators and patient advocates should be energized by new study results that show minimum staffing mandates increased staff levels without causing patient or financial harm, researchers ...

A New Mexico nursing home will pay $75,000 to quash allegations that it allowed a supervisor to harass two employees and ...

Characteristics of sarcopenic obesity (SO), including low calf circumference (CC), handgrip strength (HGS) increased  body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), were associated with an ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released two new tools for use in healthcare facilities, the Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes (SPAT) and the Targeted Assessment for ...

He nailed the headline numbers. But what stuck with me after reading his story was something quieter, something bigger: a change in the tune — maybe even a hint that operators are starting to turn a ...

Long-term care operators are again calling on regulators to give them more control in accountable care organizations, a move they say could save Medicare $2 billion or more per year.

After officially taking over operations at two more facilities Sunday, skilled nursing provider Journey has completed a whirlwind 15 months in which it nearly doubled in size.