A major new study suggests that Medicare beneficiaries with dementia receive better care when treated by clinicians who specialize in nursing home practice — meaning they provide at least 80% of their ...

Patients with complex needs, including those with multiple chronic conditions, functional limitations, or homebound status, often face major challenges in accessing care. Home-based primary care, the ...

A care home manager has hailed the "game-changing" effect of getting regular visits from an NHS dentist. Liz Wynn, of ...

A proposal tucked into the physician fee schedule issued last week includes a new payment mechanism that could improve follow-up care in nursing homes for post-surgical patients, including those with ...

People with dementia receiving home health care visits are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital when there is consistency in nursing staff, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Rory ...

QUINCY — It's the news many family members have been waiting for as the weather begins to turn colder: indoor nursing homes visits are beginning again. The federal government has issued new guidelines ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana is working fast to follow new COVID-19 federal guidelines that allow more nursing home visits than earlier in the struggle to limit the pandemic, Gov. John Bel Edwards said ...

The first publicized U.S. outbreak of coronavirus took place in a nursing home in King County, Washington, in late February. A reported 81 nursing home residents were infected, as were 34 staff ...

As Covid-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re not infected before entering facilities, stoking frustration and dismay among ...

Nursing home residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can get hugs again from their loved ones, and all residents may enjoy more indoor visits, the government said Wednesday in a step toward pre-pandemic ...

For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for them to open back up and relieve residents of crushing isolation, according to a ...

Nursing home residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can get hugs again from their loved ones. Indoor visits may be allowed for all residents, the government said Wednesday in a step toward pre-pandemic ...