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When nursing homes find themselves with a deceased resident whom family and friends do not lay claim to, there can still be a heartwarming outcome.

Researchers recently evaluated three tools to help predict risk of hip fracture in adults aged 80 and older, a population that accounts for 70% of hip fractures in the United States. The three processes...

Christine Slater, caregiver at HomeWell Care Services in Worthington, OH, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would expand and extend COVID-era respiratory illness reporting requirements under a provision of the recently proposed Home Health Prospective Payment System...

Older Black adults who had less income, higher cognitive function and fewer comorbidities were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia in a timely manner, according to a new study that tried to identify...

Cigna has filed a legal motion objecting to the sale of a group of nursing homes as part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The major insurer claims the sale would give the providers “carte blanche”...

About half of suspected sepsis cases account for broad-spectrum antibiotic use — but a lot of these cases don’t require the medications at all, according to a study published June 27 in JAMA Network...

A new technology may be able to boost reaction times to help older adults who fall at home get care more quickly.

Dietitians who work with nursing home patients are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to remove critical coding that helps identify seniors either with malnutrition or at risk for...

President Biden last week signed the National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act into law, which puts the framework in place to advance research and initiatives that prioritize Parkinson’s disease care in...