Nursing homes with a unionized workforce have higher compliance rates with federal safety laws making for safer environments in “one of the most dangerous workplaces in the country,” according to new ...

Falls become increasingly dangerous as we age. Among those 65 and older, falls cause around 3 million emergency room visits annually and $50 billion in medical costs. Some fall risk factors are ...

A care home has been placed in special measures after an inspection found multiple breaches in legal regulations. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated Woodview Care Centre in Lincoln, which ...

The Biden administration announced plans Friday to toughen oversight of the nation's poorest-performing nursing homes with escalating fines and terminating federal funding for the homes that fail to ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The federal government is taking extreme and rare action against a Virginia nursing home for failures to meet health and safety standards. According to federal records, the ...

Almost a quarter of all nursing homes in New York received low ratings for their overall safety and quality of care, data released by a patient advocacy group shows. Approximately 135 of the state’s ...

(TNS) - Feb. 18—A year into the pandemic, California's workplace safety watchdog doesn't know how many nursing home workers have contracted COVID-19 on the job and died, a Sacramento Bee review of ...

St Patrick’s House rated ‘good’ by CQC after safety and leadership improvements, offering quality support for people with ...

PINE ISLAND, Minn. -- Minnesota's health department has temporary control of a southern Minnesota nursing home struggling to pay its bills, which the state said puts residents at risk. A Ramsey County ...

The tension between quality and affordability in long-term care (LTC) is not new, but a new staffing requirement for certain facilities could further that strain beyond repair. The Medicaid and ...

Update: The Biden administration released its recommendation on nursing home staffing ratios after this story published on Sept. 1. The proposed rule would require each resident get 33 minutes of care ...