Senior care organizations are ramping up their efforts to secure immigration relief as thousands of workers begin fleeing the sector.

Frontline caregivers are often disgusted by older patients’ “decayed and ill” mouths, creating a potential barrier to dental care.

Two recent studies of nursing homes and home-based care emphasize how communication breakdowns between care team members can undermine patient safety.

Swallowing difficulty serves as a significant predictor of frailty progression in older adults, according to new research following nearly 800 community-dwelling Japanese seniors over two years.

Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) facing burdensome new ownership-related disclosure requirements got some ...

A comprehensive study of older adults in Swedish nursing homes found no connection between vitamin D deficiency and ...

Some 579 nursing homes would be at “elevated risk” of closure if Medicaid cuts proposed in a 10-year budget reconciliation bill become law, according to a new Brown University analysis commissioned by ...

Rhode Island this month became the latest state to reconsider its nursing home staffing minimum, lowering its hourly ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel, recently restructured by Health and Human Services Secretary ...

A program that has successfully trained more than 6,000 CNAs is facing an uncertain future amid a breakdown in Wisconsin's ...

A study has developed a predictive tool to help older adults understand their likelihood of maintaining independence at home ...

A management company that won a $12.1 million judgment against a nursing home chain it once served has waited too long to try ...