A 75-year-old aide at Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck was charged with a felony after state police say surveillance footage showed her striking a resident on Halloween.
Browsing: Care
Insights into resident care, clinical quality, and innovation across skilled nursing settings. From infection prevention to new therapy models, we highlight the practices improving outcomes and elevating care standards.
A new study outlines seven fixable gaps that often force people with dementia into nursing homes—and how targeted policy and provider action could keep more families at home.
A Michigan lawmaker is pushing a bipartisan bill to shield long-term care pharmacies from Medicare price concessions, warning closures could disrupt medication safety for nursing home residents.
Flu, RSV and COVID-19 are surging across New York, with 93 October outbreaks in hospitals and nursing homes prompting tighter protocols and renewed vaccination calls.
A veteran ICU nurse lays out simple, timely etiquette for hospital visits as post-pandemic rules ease — with tips to help families support loved ones without disrupting care.
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Opioid prescribing in U.S. nursing homes has plunged nearly 50% under tighter oversight, but clinicians and families warn more residents are being left in pain.
When the Eaton Fire raced toward Pasadena-area care facilities, city bus drivers turned into first responders and evacuated more than 500 seniors in a harrowing overnight operation with no lives lost among evacuees.
Siena College students performed a 45-minute concert at a Loudonville nursing home, part of a growing push to ease isolation and spark connection in senior care.
With COVID cases ticking up in long-term care, New York is pressing nursing homes to run on-site clinics, report weekly, and close widening vaccination gaps.
