Key Takeaways Many hospital trips by terminally ill nursing home patients are unnecessaryAbout 80% of ER visits are ...

A good marriage needs patients. A pair of lovebirds on Thursday exchanged vows, rings and hope for the future in a Bronx nursing home — where they first fell head over heels in love. A crowd of fellow ...

Hospital-at-home and telehealth programs have emerged as powerful tools for delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care ...

Genesis Healthcare, headquartered in Pennsylvania, operates facilities in Farmington and Lewiston, among others.

Terminally ill patients in nursing homes are facing needless emergency room visits and hospital stays – about 80% of ER visits by this population is ...

Improve training for nursing home workers Most instances of violence and abuse involve nursing residents with severe cognitive disabilities. It takes skill to calm down those patients when they ...

Mary Ann Herbst, a patient at the Good Samaritan Society nursing home in Le Mars, Iowa, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Dec. 29, 2020. A recent study found only 4 out of 10 nursing home ...

Instead of supporting recovery, food served in hospitals and nursing homes may actually undermine patients’ and residents’ ...

An inquest jury has returned an open verdict in the case of a 95-year-old woman with advanced dementia and physical limitations who was found dead in her nursing home bed with a duvet over her head, ...

A plea deal with Mary K. Brown, a former nurse who amputated a patient's foot without his consent, dropped the felony charges ...

Melissa Taylor, the director of nursing for Morning Pointe Senior Living in Franklin, Indiana, walks past halls of smiling ...

Horizon's four regional hospitals are in such a critical state of overcapacity, trying to cope with a record number of ...