Older adults with frailty were less likely to stop taking opioids within a month after their fractures, a new study finds. Having Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia (ADRD) didn’t play a role in ...

Ethics Committee updated its 2017 statement “Making Medical Treatment Decisions for Unbefriended Older Adults,” refreshing the language and citing newer clinical studies. The report also urged health ...

Two trade associations representing Minnesota nursing homes are suing the state to block a rule requiring them to pay workers holiday pay, which they say violates federal law because it pre-empts ...

Most of long-term care’s problems — including impaired access and quality, institutional bias, interminable home-care waits, paid caregiver shortages, and ...

Aging care providers are facing rising operational costs and supply chain challenges, intensified by the pandemic and natural ...

Twenty to 40% of nursing residents have serious mental health challenges, but most facilities don't have the proper resources or staff in place to properly care for them.

When long-time skilled nursing executive Bernie McGuinness struck out on his own after nearly two decades managing others’ ...

Politics aside, the recent election sure looked like an unqualified success for long-term care owners and operators.

Older adults with hip fractures who did not speak English (and were in healthcare settings that were predominantly ...

A Nov. 27 study in BMC Geriatrics examined the sociodemographic determinants of mobility decline in older adults.

An emerging threat to people living in nursing homes warrants increased providers’ attention and action. It has to do with ...

A new rule proposed by CMS presents alterations to the Medicare program, including expanded coverage for anti-obesity ...