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In the wake of the biggest public health emergency in over a century, any edge these critical professionals can get is crucial for creating a stronger infection prevention program.

With each facility tour you give and prospective admission you consider, never forget that families like mine, whose hearts are breaking, cling desperately to every word and promise.

Nursing home patients who see a clinician soon after admission have a lower chance of returning to the hospital regardless of prognosis, a recent study on physician access finds.

Staff who take up residence in a nursing home for even just a few days are better equipped to transform care delivery and how the actual residents experience it, two experts who have tried the technique...

Licensed practical nurse Kim Neuhalfen is scared about what the future holds. Mostly for her patients, sure, but also for the setting that she’s come to love in some ways more than all the others.

I have a friend who says, “The only person who likes change is a wet baby!” She may be right.  Most people are not comfortable with change. I mean, I get it, some change can be scary. When something...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must do more to move states away from an “extremely bifurcated” Medicare and Medicaid system that sometimes leaves dually eligible beneficiaries confused...

After an “excruciating” experience closing a rural skilled nursing facility, Kimberly Green, chief operating officer for the Diakonos Group, is warning that more providers will face a cascade of similar...

As a physical therapist who has worked in and visited countless skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement communities, I have become painfully aware of how federal and state regulations...

As hundreds of nursing homes have shuttered in the last few years, the very strategies meant to prop up the sector have often left the most isolated, resource-strapped facilities with nothing gained.