January 01, 2018

It began in 2011 with one resident’s request: He wanted to visit Disney World.

While long-term care providers juggle staffing during cold and flu season, research indicates there may be a factor in their control: How they treat staff.

With increased pressure on nursing homes to become smoke-free environments or create safe spaces for residents to smoke, residents and employees may both feel greater pressured to quit.

Are the probe and educate reviews occurring only in home health agencies or in skilled nursing facilities as well?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should beef up its fraud-fighting efforts with a risk-based antifraud strategy for Medicare and Medicaid, the Government Accountability Office said in December.

Skilled nursing providers should capitalize on the opportunities presented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ plans to roll out more voluntary payment initiatives, according to observers.

One of our employees has public photos on Facebook where he’s in drag, and a board member complained. How should we tackle employees doing potentially embarrassing things away from work, yet in a...

Four San Diego facilities owned by California’s largest nursing home operator will pay $6.9 million to resolve civil allegations that their employees paid kickbacks for patient referrals and submitted...

A former certified nursing assistant at an Illinois continuing care retirement community is suing her ex-employer for more than $75,000 and reinstatement of her job, alleging that she was fired for reporting...

Stratford Commons believes SNF residents deserve the same stylish décor and ambient atmosphere that senior living residents get