Nursing Homes

Deaths of nursing home patients from COVID-19 climbed as vaccination rates hit new lows last month, according to an updated analysis by the AARP Public Policy Institute and the Scripps Gerontology Center.

A new study judging quality and access to elder care ranked all 50 states and named Iowa the top state in the country. 

A new study put flu guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the test to see how well it worked. It turns out, sticking to the clinical recommendations was most effective...

Nursing homes are always under pressure to receive stellar online reviews. But the aggressive tactics of one Massachusetts facility has raised questions of how far they should go to get 5-star reviews. ...

Long-term care providers shouldn’t focus too narrowly on whether or not attempts to weaken  the proposed federal staffing mandate will be successful, industry experts warned Tuesday.

Some healthcare organizations, including long-term care communities, are taking infection control to a whole new level. 

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A Rhode Island nursing home is creatively sounding the alarm on Medicaid reimbursement funding gaps that have forced it to operate with six-figure monthly losses. 

It often can be difficult to determine when a person with dementia may need to go to a nursing home or receive that level of care. A new study created models to help people determine when older adults...

The plight of a private-equity backed, multi-state nursing home chain demonstrates the ugly  challenges operators could face as officials ratchet up regulatory and transparency pressures and large-scale...