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President Trump’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget sends a clear signal to long-term care providers: You’re not the priority.
Not surprisingly, lower agency nurse use has reduced expenses. More unexpected, however, is the company’s open embrace of ...
I shared about my unusual non-healthcare assignment — playing mystery shopper at a luxury department store. But this wasn’t ...
State governments are turning to a familiar resource to push nursing homes toward better staffing: value-based payment incentives.
Another round of nursing home worker protests is scheduled across western New York this week as employees call for greater ...
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a group of Maryland nursing home residents has gotten the OK to proceed by a District ...
A major insurance firm is arguing in federal court that it shouldn't have to pay a settlement involving one of its client nursing homes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has set July 1 and 2 for its combined in-person/virtual 2025 CMS Quality Conference.
More than 7 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease — the highest number ever, according to a new report. Americans want to know if they have the disease and want medication to treat it if ...
It had been years since Virginia skilled nursing resident and former Army colonel George Taylor had taken his wife out on a ...
Exposure to high levels of wildfire smoke was tied to more hospitalizations for respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)  in older adults, a new report ...
Most older adults experience pain, which is linked with significant limitations in their functional capacity. A new study pinpoints which activities are most and least commonly painful for older ...