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 ...

Skilled nursing leaders are ushering in the new year — and a new presidential administration — with a renewed sense of ...

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.

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 ...

Ninety-two New York nursing homes are claiming a recent reimbursement reduction violated their equal protection rights.