While nursing homes added nearly 41,000 jobs last year, they still remain the only healthcare sector not to have fully recovered from pandemic-era worker losses.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is changing how states select candidates for the Special Focus Facility Program to put more emphasis on fall rates as a reflection of quality, the agency ...

I’m betting there are a lot of providers unwisely shrugging off Wednesday’s news that federal regulators are shifting major points of emphasis in the Special Focus Facilities program.

Despite the firestorm the article sparked among consumer groups Tuesday, The Times acknowledged it could provide “no evidence ...

The percentage of the US adult population living with obesity skyrocketed from 2022 to 2035, according to a January study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

A: Critical Element Pathways are tools used by survey teams to either interview or observe residents for a variety of topics they consider to be critical to the care provided. Pathways were first used ...

Dr. McGarry shares insights into the drop in nursing home capacity, its impact, and what it will take to turn things around.

Two lawsuits accused the utility company and the building owner of negligence over their “failure” to order a full evacuation.

A Florida nursing home with a hands-on medical director and a convenient neighbor is delivering a rare level of high-frequency physician care.

Days after revealing them, regulators withdrew new coverage determinations for skin substitutes used to treat diabetic foot and venous leg ulcers.

Use a structured tool like Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation to focus nurse-to-provider conversations. Encourage early calls for subtle changes instead of waiting for full-blown ...

The federal government’s move to restrict student loan provisions and take away nursing’s “professional” designation could seriously damage workforce building efforts, nursing leaders say.