Just a dozen states have adopted any kind of incentive for nursing homes converting or designing facilities to embrace the small house model and its emphasis on private rooms, communal living and ...

The latest refresh of skilled nursing facilities’ quality data includes the initial public reporting of new patient transfer and vaccination measures, reflecting future emphasis for the Centers for ...

A new analysis from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project suggests that 2025 may be remembered as the year states told Washington, “Hold my beer.” Lawmakers from Maine to Oregon are pushing through ...

Developing depression half a month after gastrointestinal (GI) disease presented an elevated risk of dementia among participants in a November study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Medicare Part D claims significantly underreport opioid dispensing for patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities after hospitalizations, according to a September research letter published in the ...

Facing increased fiscal and liability pressures, more US nursing homes are initiating involuntary patient discharges.

Everyone has heard about someone who lost their life’s savings to the high cost of long-term care. The media is full of such stories. KFF Health News and ...

As the calendar flips toward Thanksgiving week, the entire McKnight’s staff would like to wish all of our readers many reflective moments of satisfaction and gratitude in their lives.

Private equity’s expanding role in nursing homes and other healthcare settings is raising alarms from coast to coast, with state lawmakers introducing legislation in an effort to reduce its control ...

Older adults who experience a new geriatric condition, such as dehydration, delirium or malnutrition, after major surgery are at an increased risk of having poor health outcomes, according to a ...

Months after it secured a Five-Star rating and was widely celebrated for completing its rebound from Medicare decertification, San Francisco’s largest nursing home continues to pay the price for ...

This week, somewhere between Richmond, VA, and Washington, DC, I rediscovered something I didn’t realize I had missed: the simple, steady calm of slowing ...