Many state governments installed new regulations to govern nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those state-level ...
Hand grip strength has become a reliable indicator of health, especially in older adults. Among other associations, a new ...
Tragicomically, CMS asserts “this final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities” ...
Despite minor concessions in a staffing mandate issued Monday, many nursing home providers were shell-shocked by what they saw as federal regulators’ intractable stance on minimums.
As clinical people, most will associate “dumping syndrome” with the definition of a group of symptoms — such as diarrhea, nausea and feeling light-headed ...
Vice President Kamala Harris led a roundtable discussion that included local nursing home staff in La Crosse, WI, Monday — ...
Residents of nursing homes largely aren’t up to date on their COVID-19 shots, and the uptake decline compared to earlier in the pandemic is significant, according to a report from the US Centers for ...
Long-term care residents in nursing homes who took antihypertensive medicines had higher risks for falls and fractures, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Authors of the ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would exempt nursing homes from having registered nurse coverage for up ...
A recent decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to cover popular new weight loss drugs that provide ...
The quest for effective treatments to treat type 2 diabetes has taken a turn with new drugs in the spotlight. In response, ...
It’s a warning every child dreads hearing: “Just wait until your father gets home!” If you were ever on the business end of ...