A new study shows that electronic decision support tools can significantly help healthcare providers reduce potentially harmful medications for older adults living in long-term care facilities. The ...

A new investigation finds that abuse rates are higher at nursing homes with more mental illness. There’s a financial reason behind why folks end up at nursing homes instead of other institutions in ...

Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot, that the hospital called an elder ...

If you have a friend or loved one who lives in a nursing home, one of your biggest fears likely revolves around the idea that ...

Two recent deaths at Chicago-area nursing homes highlight problem of poor care, difficulty in holding those responsible ...

Evidence-based interventions, such as educational strategies, clinical practice guidelines, and audit and feedback, are associated with reducing inappropriate antibiotic use and improving guideline ...

Metro-east nursing homes were cited and fined a total of $1.3 million from state and federal regulatory agencies. Getty Images State and federal regulators have issued $1.3 million in fines to 16 ...