Lack of Staff Forced Pennsylvania Nursing Home Residents to Lie in Urine
So few nurses and nursing assistants worked at a Pennsylvania nursing home over the winter that residents were forced at times to sit or lie…
So few nurses and nursing assistants worked at a Pennsylvania nursing home over the winter that residents were forced at times to sit or lie…
Sepsis is responsible for 1.7 million adult hospitalizations and 350,000 deaths each year in the United States, prompting the CDC and CMS to develop a…
Healthcare professionals (HCPs) in nursing homes, such as nurses and general practitioners (GPs), indicate a need for delirium-specific education.
A surveillance study of 10 US states shows the incidence of invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection more than doubled from 2013 through 2022, researchers…
Skin tears are traumatic wounds and are among the most prevalent skin conditions in older adults, particularly those in long-term care facilities.
Muncie police have arrested a man accused of seriously injuring multiple staff members at a nursing home on Wednesday, April 2.
While legislation allowing all Iowa nursing home residents to have cameras in their rooms has failed to advance this session, the technology is being successfully…
An Ohio nurse has been formally charged in connection to the death of an 84-year-old woman, according to a spokesperson with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s…
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Long Term Care Operations Section has issued a Grant Funding Opportunity (GFO) for quality-of-life enrichment projects…
A maintenance worker at a Huntingdon County nursing home is facing charges after he was accused of inappropriately touching an elderly resident with dementia.