When healthcare workers remotely monitor residents with dementia in nursing homes, it works, according to a new study. The team found that remote monitoring — with some on-site help — can help them ...

Nursing home workers should consider depression as a risk factor for resident falls, authors of a new study say. Depression is already reported as an independent risk factor for falls. In fact, it can ...

A study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals Nevada has the third-worst record among the states for failing to report nursing home falls that result in a major injury and ...

Abuse and neglect at nursing homes are longstanding problems. Some of the most common nursing home injuries are also among the problems that can leave the families of residents with a lot of questions ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, announces its groundbreaking ...

We can debate tax policy. We can debate spending priorities. But protecting the elderly should not be a debate at all.

Falls in nursing homes can cause more than broken bones. They often signal a breakdown in care, communication, or facility standards. When older adults fall, recovery is not only physical but also ...

(Reuters Health) - Nursing Home Compare, a web-based tool from the U.S. government that helps consumers look into the quality of nursing homes, falls short when it comes to rating safety, a new study ...

A Sioux Falls nursing home is closing, becoming the seventh one to close in South Dakota in the last three years. Covington Care and Rehab announced to residents this week that the facility would be ...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Two Warren County nursing homes have seen deaths among their residents due to COVID-19, according to data from the county. One of those two, The Pines at Glens Falls, may ...