Assisted Living

A digital training program significantly improved the quality of life for people with dementia who lived in assisted living communities and nursing homes in the United Kingdom. As a result, there was a...

A new study gives more insights into how much time older people in assisted living spend in and out of it.

A new study examined disabilities and caregiving before and after older adults entered long-term care facilities. The researchers found that people who went into nursing homes and assisted living communities,...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently published two toolkits aimed at better preventing patient harm in inpatient settings such as assisted care communities...

A network of long-term care medical directors and clinicians will develop best practices guidelines for senior living communities, nursing homes and other congregate care settings in Virginia.

Skilled nursing facilities, an assisted living community and home health providers were among many businesses across the country duped into hiring more than 7,600 nurses with fake credentials, according...

Decisions on administering as-needed antipsychotic drugs require balancing regulatory goals with resident-centered practices, researchers say.

Forty-three recommendations from a new study will guide medical and mental healthcare and increase care consistency in assisted living, the authors say.

Weight loss of at least 5% was found in 40% of residents at assisted living facilities (ALFs) during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from a retrospective chart review...

U.S. senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care and housing to improve...