A moderate shift to include more advanced practice providers in nursing homes can lead to measurable improvements in patient outcomes, a new study has found.

Undoubtedly, nursing homes were a great source of COVID mortality. While there were multiple underlying causes, the only protection individuals in the nursing home had from the staff caring for them ...

Staffing shortages in nursing homes are worse now than ever before. In 2019, 588,000 certified nursing assistant (CNA) positions in nursing homes needed to be filled. Since the start of the pandemic, ...

For the first time in 17 years, physicians and researchers have published updated guidance for infection prevention and control practices and programs in U.S. nursing homes.The new document serves as ...

In mid-April 2020, as Covid-19 shutdowns and lockdowns were being put in place across the U.S., my grandmother’s health started to decline. With so many unknowns, the assisted living facility where ...

Every morning, a nearly 90-year-old resident in my building asks me to help her put on her jewelry. Before she moved into the nursing home, she struggled to complete this simple yet significant task, ...