Older adults with serious illness before elective surgery are at double the risk of extended hospital stays, readmissions, emergency department visits and costs, a new study has found. Targeting four ...

People exposed to high levels of atmospheric lead from 1960 to 1974 have a 20% higher risk of reported memory problems 50 years later, finds a study to be presented this week at the Alzheimer’s ...

As senior manager, area clinical support, at Sodexo in North Bethesda, MD, she has worked to integrate frontline service with nutritional science with great success. It played no small part in her ...

With more than 15 years of experience in nursing, Danielle Gustin, the chief nursing officer at Village Caregiving, Barboursville, WV, is responsible for maintaining quality and safety standards for ...

These findings should resonate across this sector. Because if there’s one thing long-term care residents need more of, it’s opportunities to move — safely, steadily, and with a little dignity. That ...

Immunizations of LTC staff have nosedived since the pandemic, but researchers believe they are zeroing in on practices to create a rebound.

A new, bipartisan bill would allow Medicare to reimburse for certain pharmacist-administered tests, treatments and vaccinations like RSV.

As a child, I was fascinated by the sound of my own voice echoing off cave walls — each shout returning to me with a kind of ...

A second cohort will soon graduate from a comprehensive new nurse residency program designed for long-term care settings, ...

Walking 7,000 steps daily can significantly reduce the risk of chronic diseases, cognitive decline and death, according to ...

The Ensign Group is on the cusp of securing an additional large skilled nursing portfolio and remains open to other multi-site purchases as it projects its highest annual revenues ever, company ...

Even when inspections reveal grave cases of injury, federal officials do not inform consumers or impose fines the way they do ...