After an initial pilot program, Medicare has introduced a new model for treating patients with dementia this year. The ...

A new Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) center has opened in Norwood, offering an alternative to nursing ...

A $12 billion budget deficit is forcing California to end its nascent Skilled Nursing Facility Workforce and Quality Incentive Program after just two years — a fate similar programs in other ...

Most nursing homes and assisted living facilities do things the right way. There are long-term-care facilities not needing any special guidance.

A three-year-old federal behavioral health resource for nursing homes that has seen demand for services double each year will be out of business by late September.

CMS strengthens oversight of nursing home program Less than 1% of nursing homes nationwide take part in the Special Focus Facility Program.

New programs like Hospital-at-Home and Acute-Care-at-Home are giving health systems an opportunity to reduce inpatient traffic and give patients the care they need in their own homes.

The breakfast tray on the side table had barely been touched. The nursing home resident was an elderly woman with multiple co-morbidities. She had slipped down from her pillow and was in a ...

Nurses sought to identify, at an early stage, any conditions potentially detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of residents.