Environmental screening of single-occupancy rooms in a nursing home found high levels of circulation and persistence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE),…
An 84-year-old man has been charged with the death of his wife in what may have been a mercy killing, according to the preliminary investigation.…
The family of an 80-year-old woman who was raped and murdered at an Indianapolis nursing home alleges in a lawsuit that her death was the…
State and federal health authorities are investigating ongoing outbreaks at Nevada hospitals and nursing homes of a drug-resistant “superbug” that can lead to serious illness…
Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is of special concern among frail patients in nursing homes.
The Louisiana Department of Health is conducting additional inspection of all “unlicensed” emergency evacuation sites for nursing homes this month ahead of the June 1…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing a funding opportunity of nearly $15 million for a three-year federal grant to establish a…
A nurse who alleges she was fired from an Iowa hospital after reporting questionable patient deaths, fraudulent billing, and the manipulation of patient-outcome statistics is…
More than a million US nursing home workers and more than 350,000 residents haven’t received a first COVID-19 booster dose, a new AARP analysis of…
Two nursing home patients were taken to the hospital after a fire was reported at Hawthorne Glen Nursing Home in Monroe Sunday morning.