While certain post-pandemic opportunities have cheered nursing home leaders recently, payment concerns and a variety of administration policy moves have offset the optimism, sometimes to a powerful ...

Genesis HealthCare is suing CMS, saying its attempt to terminate a Medicare agreement and essentially put an Alabama nursing home out of business violates a core tenet of bankruptcy law.

Older adults without a family history of longevity who regularly engage in cognitively stimulating activities such as reading, writing or playing games were able to match the same level of good ...

Ceiling fans are ineffective as a stand-alone solution for shielding older adults from excessive heat, according to the results of a study conducted by Griffith University researchers and published in ...

New strategies are needed to provide safe and supportive options for when nursing home residents with serious mental illness are eventually discharged back into the community, new research finds.

CMS said it will continue to conduct some nursing home complaint investigations and revisits during the federal government shutdown.

Long-term care leaders have become used to budget deals that go into overtime and risk government shutdowns. But they say ...

Conducting goals of care conversations (GOCC) with specialty palliative consults (SPC) was associated with lower cost-related outcomes for both patients and hospitals ...

A group of five Delaware nursing homes has paid $182,000 over its efforts to publicize patients’ success stories, federal officials announced Tuesday.

Back in March of this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its plan to close six of the nation’s 10 regional offices for the ...

Nursing home residents who suffer from serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders face a variety of barriers preventing their potential discharge ba ...

The American Medical Association this week published new infographics to help providers steer critical conversations and new questions about vaccines — including from patients or residents who might ...