New federal legislation aims to make post-acute care services more accessible and streamline prior authorization approval in Medicare Advantage. Providers are quickly lining up behind the bipartisan ...

Researchers create a pilot course on climate and health for students and faculty in the health professions … Study compares effects of exercise-based interventions on cardiometabolic health and ...

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere in Minnesota now that long-term care facilities can legally serve alcohol at events. A provision clarifying licensing requirements — nicknamed “Grandparents’ Happy Hour” — was ...

Patients who experienced a severe stroke experienced a five times higher risk of developing dementia compared with people who did not suffer a stroke, according to an April study published in JAMA ...

DOJ reschedules medical marijuana, expanding access to therapies … AI standards, policy action needed for long-term care: AARP … Medicare beneficiaries waiting up to four times longer for some ...

There is something magical about Keeneland in the spring that never, ever gets old. The rhythm of the crowd, the quiet energy in the paddock, and the unmistakable sound of hooves hitting the track all ...

Approximately 36% of adult family caregivers have disabilities, according to an April research brief published by Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Researchers used ...

The conversation about the nursing shortage often begins with a simple assumption: The country does not have enough nurses. The natural response is usually to move toward expanding the pipeline. It ...

One of the oldest nursing homes in Philadelphia, PA, is being sold, closing out a storied history that began at the end of ...

The numbers are in from the first year of required reporting of flu vaccination coverage among nursing home residents, and, ...

The Trump administration announced that it is indefinitely delaying the implementation of the Medicare Part D portion of the BALANCE (Better Approaches to Lifestyle and Nutrition for Comprehensive ...

A total 61.3% of nursing home residents and 42.1% of nursing home healthcare personnel (HCP) reported receiving the influenza ...