The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released two new tools for use in healthcare facilities, the Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes (SPAT) and the Targeted Assessment for ...

Characteristics of sarcopenic obesity (SO), including low calf circumference (CC), handgrip strength (HGS) increased  body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), were associated with an ...

He nailed the headline numbers. But what stuck with me after reading his story was something quieter, something bigger: a change in the tune — maybe even a hint that operators are starting to turn a ...

Long-term care operators are again calling on regulators to give them more control in accountable care organizations, a move they say could save Medicare $2 billion or more per year.

After officially taking over operations at two more facilities Sunday, skilled nursing provider Journey has completed a whirlwind 15 months in which it nearly doubled in size.

Federal regulators have thrown nursing homes in several states a short funding lifeline, but operators will still lose ...

When I started my career 30 years ago, our industry was a different world. People smoked in the buildings — staff and residents alike. But beyond the haze of the smoking rooms, the clinical landscape ...

In long-term care, few changes feel more consequential than altering how medications are administered. Medication passes are not just a task; they are ...

Feedback from clinicians and managers identified numerous barriers to providing care for dehydration among nursing home residents including limited training, absence of specific protocols and ...

Superagers’ brains have a ‘resilience signature,’ and it’s all about neuron growth … Study analyzes worldwide radiation dose in coronary artery disease diagnostic imaging … Gallbladder cancer could ...

Heart attack death rates rose by 1.2% among adults younger than age 55 who were hospitalized between 2011 and 2022 with a first severe heart attack, according to a February study published in the ...

Not long ago, I was sitting across from a nursing home leadership team as they stared at a quality measure report that didn’t make sense to them. “We’re ...