The Department of Health and Human Services today repealed key provisions of the minimum staffing standards for long-term ...

"Safe, high-quality care is essential, but rigid, one-size-fits-all mandates fail patients," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

(KTEN) — Last week, Oklahoma Senator James Lankford (R-OK) along with colleagues introduced the Protecting Rural Seniors Access to Care Act; prohibiting a proposed national nursing home staff rule.

This story originally was published by Capital & Main For more than two decades, Denise Lugo has worked as a home care worker ...

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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. Some 41% of nursing homes increased use of ...

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, ...