November 2018

Demographic analysis clearly shows long-term care will have a substantially larger number of potential residents within the next five to seven years. Some long-term care leaders have predicted as a matter...

Low-wage workers such as certified nursing aides and housekeepers are more likely to remain in their jobs if they feel their managers are loyal. So finds a study of turnover at 22 long-term care facilities....

The FDA has approved a new drug for people exposed to measles and hepatitis A viruses. Drugmaker Grifols said GamaSTAN immune globulin is 80% to 90% effective in preventing hepatitis A infection when administered...

Carmel, IN-based real estate investment trust Invesque plans to add nearly 40 more jobs, on top of the 25 it already employs, the company announced in September. The REIT develops skilled nursing and other...

» Healthcare data breaches are on the rise. Harvard University researchers analyzed all data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from January 2010 through December 2017....

If you want to know what skilled care will look like in five years, consider what hospitals look like today. The first time I heard that adage was in 1990. These days, it rings truer than ever. To be sure,...

A compound whose presence in the bloodstream decreases with age likely helps older people develop fewer scars. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine found that stromal...

Can you tell me what states have a Death with Dignity Act? Providing for end-of-life care has become more and more important over the years. About 25% of Medicare dollars are used in the last year of life,...

State prescription drug monitoring programs were associated with up to a 9% reduction in opioid prescriptions at high risk for misuse, an October analysis in Health Affairs found. Cornell Medical College...

Nearly 800,000 Americans suffer strokes each year. However, a novel therapy technique developed by University of Texas-Dallas researchers has been shown to double the rate of upper limb recovery in stroke...