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A cadre of researchers — including the de facto dean of nursing home staffing studies — has proposed a new tool using a nursing home’s case-mix index as a way to set expected daily nurse staffing ...
Professional liability rates for long-term care providers have moderated since early 2024, but an “upward rate trend” is ...
Alert systems that involve the community in locating a missing person with dementia must balance privacy concerns and safety, ...
CDC changes up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination information for NHSN reporting … Increase in construction prices threatens ...
The rates of anal cancer have risen steadily in the United States, and the biggest increases were in older women — especially ...
Smart sphygmomanometers? Oxygen concentrators that mine Bitcoin? OK, not that far. But as 2030 approaches, long-term care ...
SNFs and a major association have jointly urged DHS to end the targeting and deportation of thousands of immigrant workers.
A New York nursing home has won the first class action lawsuit in its county, which would have cost the provider millions in resident damages.
Drinking coffee regularly is linked with a lower risk of frailty in older adults, a recent study published in the European Journal of Nutrition finds.
Scientists have announced a breakthrough in Parkinson's disease detection using a new immuno-infrared sensor (iRS) test that ...
A new study shows that specific speech and hearing tests can identify primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare type of ...
The Targeted Probe and Educate program aims to lower claim denials, but providers often ask: How did I get here?