The number of providers reporting that staffing levels returned to pre-pandemic norms — or will this year — jumped in the ...

A study reports that federal initiatives to support private companies to make and distribute COVID-19 tests saved about 1.4 ...

Social interactions may protect people from heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, according to a study published Jan. 3 ...

For facility-based long-term care, the Biden Administration cannot end a moment too soon.  The only upside was that, for four ...

States should increase the personal needs allowances provided to nursing home residents whose stays are covered by Medicaid.

Illinois state providers say that a proposed bill that would allow residents to sue nursing homes for retaliation adds protection.

Wearing dentures could protect older adults from cognitive decline, a major study finds. The report was published in Aging Medicine on Dec. 23.

Freedom. The term is the subject of much discussion, but it’s almost universally considered a good thing. You could technically survive — physically, at ...

The use of agency registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants decreased a facility’s chance ...

The federal government spent an estimated $7.7 billion more on swing-bed care in rural hospitals than skilled nursing facilities.

More than a year after Ohio passed a bill to implement private nursing home rooms for Medicaid residents, CMS finally agreed.

Few fields exhibit more Chicken Little tendencies than long-term care. Not only does the sky always seem to be falling, but ...