Under two proposed alternatives to the Five-Star Quality Rating System methodology, only 4% to 5% of nursing homes would earn ...

Maintaining friendships can help reduce loneliness in both older adult caregivers and older adults without children, and the internet can effectively facilitate such relationships, two new studies ...

Medicare Advantage plans’ increasing use of predictive algorithms to assist in “high-stakes” decisions is leading to ...

Long-term care providers will be altering their priorities in 2026, thanks to evolving oversight, federal recommendations and public sentiment.

Medicare overpaid just 15 optometrists serving nursing home residents an estimated $3 million over three years for low-level services billed with more intensive, higher-cost codes.

Report shows average length of nursing home stay LTC insurance policies will cover … Shingles vaccine tied to substantial decline in dementia deaths … FDA updates safety alert on recalled Baxter Life2 ...

People with dementia who were vaccinated against herpes zoster, or shingles, experienced fewer deaths than those who were ...

Sudden cardiac death risk falls in colorectal cancer, but disparities persist … Researchers identify bacterial enzyme that ...

The Department of Health and Human Services today repealed key provisions of the minimum staffing standards for long-term ...

United States adults aged 45 and older reported being lonely, an increase from 35% in both 2010 and 2018. That is according to a December survey published by AARP.

A group of skilled nursing providers is asking the president to step in and quickly lift lengthy isolation periods for ...

Only 347 of the nation’s roughly 14,750 nursing homes have specialized units dedicated to people on ventilators, an analysis shows.