Discharge planning must establish how that walking distance and mobility will function within the resident’s actual living conditions.

Some 11.6% of older adults receiving care in nursing homes and hospitals experienced contractures, or structural changes to ...

With a name taken from Creole for "a little something extra," Lagniappe Advantage is proving that the bedside extras that come with an Institutional-Special Need Plans can usher in major returns. The ...

Federal survey data, internal documentation reviews and quality measure calculations may feel scary, given the way they can be weaponized against providers.

A jury has found a New York nursing home liable for $6.2 million in understaffing charges that resulted in resident neglect.

There was no significant change in age-adjusted Parkinson's disease (PD)-related mortality between 1999 and 2025, but, during this same period, a decrease in PD-related nursing home (NH) deaths ...

Within every long-term care facilities are residents whose wisdom and greatest contributions may not be behind them.

Most nursing homes are overpaying at least one vendor and don’t realize it. When was the last time you truly evaluated your vendors? Not renewed a contract.Not addressed a problem.Actually stepped ...

This fall, we are reminded that state Medicaid fraud control units are alive and well, busy ferreting out fraud and abuse.

Genesis HealthCare on Wednesday won confirmation of its bankruptcy sale and exit plan, a near-final moment in a case that ...

Medical supply company Medline has announced an immediate recall of all its long-term care beds, citing potential fire and entrapment risks. The recall was issued Oct. 14 and initiates a complete ...

Federal efforts to eliminate duplicate Medicaid enrollments could impact nursing home staff as the Centers for Medicare and ...