Residential and retirement facilities across the country are limiting visitations to help combat the coronavirus pandemic, leaving residents to be increasingly isolated.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of the Coronavirus Disease…
Many nursing homes risk running out of protective masks and gowns by next week because of the coronavirus, and at least one facility already had…
While Bay Area health officials are ordering people to keep their distance from the elderly in an attempt to protect a high-risk population from the…
A former adult-care home worker is out from under a felony charge of abuse of an elder with injury after a judge dismissed it three…
On March 13, as part of the broader Trump Administration announcement, CMS announced critical new measures designed to keep America’s nursing home residents safe from…
A nursing home resident who broke a leg in a fall was awarded more than $197,000 after an arbitration hearing stemming from a lawsuit.
Kentucky nursing homes should ban all visitors except the loved ones of patients receiving end-of-life care in an effort to prevent the spread of novel…
Health systems can protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak when best practices for infection control are diligently applied along with lessons learned from recent…
Two people were shot and killed Sunday at an adult skilled nursing home facility in Texas City in what police describe as a murder-suicide.