House passes “Silver Alert” legislation to help locate missing seniors
Sep 19, 2008
The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed legislation that would set up a nationwide “silver alert” system to help coordinate local law enforcement officials in the event of a missing...
Man honors nursing home with $2 million for care rendered 13 years ago
Sep 17, 2008
For long-term care workers wondering if their good work is ever noticed, this story’s for you.
Study: One-on-one attention at mealtime reduces undesired weight loss
Sep 16, 2008
Extra attention at mealtime has been found to help reduce the occurrence of unintentional weight loss among long-stay nursing home residents, according to the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Hurricane Ike causes nursing home evacuations, power outages in Texas
Sep 16, 2008
Evacuated nursing home residents from Galveston, Beaumont and Houston, TX, have been wondering when they will go home after Hurricane Ike caused massive damage in and around the coastal areas of the state.
VA allows voter registration drives in nursing homes
Sep 15, 2008
Voter registration drives will soon take place in nursing homes and other federally run facilities where veterans reside, thanks to a recent decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Senate committee passes nursing home arbitration bill
Sep 15, 2008
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, a bill that would eliminate arbitration agreements as a requirement for admission into a nursing home, is one step closer to becoming a law.
McCain, Obama advisers discuss long-term care at symposium
Sep 12, 2008
Surrogates for presidential hopefuls John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D) spelled out their respective nominees’ views on the future of long-term care in the United States at the third annual Long-Term...
SEIU protest provides minor sideshow at NIC conference
Sep 12, 2008
While executives were hobnobbing at the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry conference Thursday, just across the street seven members of the Service Employees International...
Private equity firms do not affect nursing home quality of care, Harvard study finds
Sep 11, 2008
A year after a news report uncovered resident care and ownership problems at privately held nursing homes, a new report from Harvard Medical School finds the opposite: Quality at nursing homes does not...
Bettering nursing care is goal of $2.3 million grant
Sep 08, 2008
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one of the nation’s largest healthcare foundations, plans to award $2.3 million in grants for research to improve the quality of nursing care in America.