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15 Sep
Dental Issues Plague America's Nursing Home Residents

Dental Issues Plague America's Nursing Home Residents

Good oral health is one of the keys to healthy aging, but a sobering new study shows that many U.S. nursing home residents have significant dental issues.

Close to two in every 10 residents have missing teeth, about 8% have broken teeth/cavities and another 11% report pa...

01 Sep
Federal Government to Regulate Staffing at Nursing Homes for First Time

Federal Government to Regulate Staffing at Nursing Homes for First Time

Nursing homes will soon have to meet federal minimum staffing requirements, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday.

"Establishing minimum staffing standards for nursing homes will improve resident safety,"HHS Secretary

18 Jul
Nursing Homes Used COVID Meds Less Than Expected During Pandemic

Nursing Homes Used COVID Meds Less Than Expected During Pandemic

While nursing home residents are at high risk for bad outcomes if they get COVID-19, use of antiviral treatments, such as monoclonal antibodies, was low through most of 2021 and 2022.

The authors of a new study, led by

19 Jun
More Hospitalizations, ER Visits in Nursing Homes With Higher Levels of Black Residents

More Hospitalizations, ER Visits in Nursing Homes With Higher Levels of Black Residents

A new study finds that nursing homes that serve Black residents have more hospitalizations and emergency room visits.

This may be driven by differences in staffing levels from home to home, according to researchers.

For the study, they examined 2019 data from more ...

25 May
U.S. Nursing Homes Fail to Report Many Serious Falls, Bedsores: Study

U.S. Nursing Homes Fail to Report Many Serious Falls, Bedsores: Study

A federal website intended to help people choose a nursing home not only contains inaccurate information, but those inaccuracies appear to be at least partially driven by race, a new study reports.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the...

26 Apr
In an Aging America, a Looming Shortage of Home Health Care Workers

In an Aging America, a Looming Shortage of Home Health Care Workers

Over the last decade, an aging American population has increasingly turned away from nursing homes in favor of trained caregivers who can provide critical help in the home with basic daily tasks.

But a new investigation warns the need for at-home care has vastly outpaced...

10 Mar
Falls Can Be More Dangerous for Older Men Than for Women

Falls Can Be More Dangerous for Older Men Than for Women

While older women are treated for falls more often than elderly males, men are more likely to sustain skull fractures when they topple over, new research suggests.

This is a serious concern because more than 3 million people aged 65 and older are treated in U.S. emergenc...

18 Jan
Feds to Investigate Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs by Nursing Homes

Feds to Investigate Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs by Nursing Homes

U.S. health officials say they plan to investigate whether some nursing homes are falsely labeling patients as schizophrenic so they can administer sedating antipsychotic drugs to them.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) noted that evidence of this abus...

01 Dec
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care

The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care

The nationwide shortage of health care professionals -- a so-called "Great Resignation" of providers -- is impacting patient care in ways large and small, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll shows.

One in four Americans (25%) have noticed or personally experienced the i...

24 Oct
Tougher Federal Penalties to Come for Failing Nursing Homes

Tougher Federal Penalties to Come for Failing Nursing Homes

About 88 nursing homes in the United States are on a watch list for worrisome care that puts residents in danger, but now they will face tougher penalties for any ...

21 Oct
Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?

Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?

Surgery can be a daunting prospect at any age. Now, researchers say they've spotted two key factors upping the odds of a poor surgical outcome in seniors.

Older adults who are either frail or suffering from dementia have high rates of death in the year following a major ...

24 Sep
Talking to a Loved One About a Move to Assisted Living

Talking to a Loved One About a Move to Assisted Living

It can be hard to talk to your loved ones about moving into assisted living, so don't push them too hard and make sure they feel safe and comfortable with the idea, one ...

07 Sep
Assisted Living Will Become Financially Out of Reach for Many Middle-Class Americans

Assisted Living Will Become Financially Out of Reach for Many Middle-Class Americans

America's middle-income seniors could face a time of financial reckoning within the next decade, with the rising costs of health care and assisted living overwhelming their meager savings, a new study reports.

The number of middle-income seniors in the United States is e...

17 Aug
Bedsores Can Cause Serious Harm -- Are U.S. Nursing Homes Hiding Cases?

Bedsores Can Cause Serious Harm -- Are U.S. Nursing Homes Hiding Cases?

People might want to think twice before relying on federal quality ratings to help choose a nursing home for an elderly or frail relative, a new study warns.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Nursing Home Compare website in the 199...

15 Aug
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst

U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst

Staffing shortages at nursing homes across the United States are severe in disadvantaged areas where needs may be greatest, researchers say.

The study -- recently published in the

25 Jul
Helping Older Loved Ones in a Heat Wave

Helping Older Loved Ones in a Heat Wave

With much of the United States baking in extreme heat this summer, older adults and the people caring for them need to take extra precautions.

Seniors can decline rapidly, sometimes within minutes, when exposed to soaring temperatures, said Dr. Angela Catic, an assistant...

22 Jul
Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care

Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care

Black residents in U.S. nursing homes are much more likely than white residents to be repeatedly transferred to hospital care, a new study reports.

Black nursing home residents are likely to be transferred to the hospital and back at least four times in a given year, acc...

29 Jun
Staffing Shortages Have U.S. Nursing Homes in Crisis

Staffing Shortages Have U.S. Nursing Homes in Crisis

There's a shortage of nursing home beds for the elderly in America due to a severe staffing crisis that has caused long-term care facilities to cut back on new admissions, new research shows.

Three out of five nursing homes (61%) have limited new admissions due to staffi...

27 Jun
COVID Boosters Raise Antibody Levels by 85% in Nursing Home Residents

COVID Boosters Raise Antibody Levels by 85% in Nursing Home Residents

Getting a COVID-19 booster shot can significantly increase an at-risk person's immunity and protect against the contagious Omicron variant.

New research f...

26 Jun
Tough Choices: When It's Time to Move From Home to Assisted Living

Tough Choices: When It's Time to Move From Home to Assisted Living

While 8 in 10 Americans ages 65 and older say they want to age in their homes, it's not always possible when health declines.

Knowing when a loved one needs a more supportive environment, such as

03 Jun
Feds Warn of Bedrails That Can Entrap; 3 Deaths Reported

Feds Warn of Bedrails That Can Entrap; 3 Deaths Reported

At least three elderly Americans suffocated after getting trapped in Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bedrails, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says anyone who has the rails should stop using them immediately.

The

18 Apr
Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace

Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace

U.S. health care workers were most likely to be infected with COVID-19 at work during the pandemic's first year, according to a new study that challenges previous research suggesting their risk was highest off the job.

Researchers said

11 Apr
Pandemic Is Leaving U.S. With Shortage of Long-Term Health Care Workers

Pandemic Is Leaving U.S. With Shortage of Long-Term Health Care Workers

The pandemic has worsened longstanding staffing shortages at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Now, a new study shows that high employee turnover rates ha...

07 Apr
Report Says Nursing Home Industry Needs an Overhaul

Report Says Nursing Home Industry Needs an Overhaul

The nursing home industry is awash in ineffective care and staffing shortages, claims a new report that calls for sweeping changes in an industry whose failures have only been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Experts from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ...

05 Apr
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Reported Since Pandemic Began

U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Reported Since Pandemic Began

Fresh government data shows that COVID deaths among nursing home residents data have fallen to the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began.

Some 67 residents died nationwide of COVID during the week ending March 27, according to the latest

08 Mar
Good End-of-Life Care Out of Reach for Many Black Nursing Home Residents

Good End-of-Life Care Out of Reach for Many Black Nursing Home Residents

Palliative care can be a godsend in the final days of one's life, but new research shows that Black and Hispanic nursing home residents are far less likely to receive it than their white peers are.

Overall, nursing homes in the Northeast provided the most

01 Mar
Pandemic Caused Rise in Deaths of Alzheimer's Patients

Pandemic Caused Rise in Deaths of Alzheimer's Patients

During the pandemic's first year, the risk of dying shot up nearly 26% among American seniors with Alzheimer's disease, a new study reveals.

Minorities faced even higher odds of de...

01 Mar
Biden to Propose Overhaul of U.S. Nursing Homes

Biden to Propose Overhaul of U.S. Nursing Homes

Minimum staffing levels will be a main feature of a major overhaul of U.S. nursing homes that President Joe Biden is expected to announce in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

Staffing levels are considered a critical marker for nursing home quality, but the pa...

17 Jan
COVID Cases Surge Again in U.S. Nursing Homes

COVID Cases Surge Again in U.S. Nursing Homes

Residents of nursing homes have been a particularly at-risk group throughout the pandemic, and the advent of the fast-spreading Omicron variant has them facing another wave of infections and deaths, new data shows.

During

10 Jan
Quality of Home Health Care Varies Between Urban, Rural Areas

Quality of Home Health Care Varies Between Urban, Rural Areas

Need in-home health care? Know this: The quality of your care may depend on where you live.

That's the takeaway from a new study from New York University that gave agencies in urban areas high marks for keeping patients out of the hospital. It found that home health agen...

14 Dec
Only Half of U.S. Nursing Home Residents Have Received Boosters: CDC

Only Half of U.S. Nursing Home Residents Have Received Boosters: CDC

As COVID-19 cases surge nationwide, only about half of fully vaccinated nursing home residents have received a vaccine booster dose, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Research shows that the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines may decrease over ...

22 Nov
TV Remotes, Nurse Call Buttons: Where Coronavirus Lingers in Nursing Homes

TV Remotes, Nurse Call Buttons: Where Coronavirus Lingers in Nursing Homes

Though airborne exposure causes most cases of COVID-19, the virus lurks on objects near the beds of infected nursing home patients, according to a new study.

"Coronavirus is ubiquitous and persistent in the rooms of nursing home residents with COVID-19, and highlight the...

22 Oct
Want Fewer Fractures in Nursing Homes? Put More Dairy on the Menu

Want Fewer Fractures in Nursing Homes? Put More Dairy on the Menu

Serving more dairy products to nursing home residents could be a simple way to reduce their risk of falls and fractures, a new study suggests.

Many consume low levels of calcium and protein, which can result in weak bones that increase the likelihood of falls and fractur...

04 Oct
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads

U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads

There has been a significant increase in COVID-related deaths in nursing homes as the highly contagious Delta spreads across the country, a new analysis shows.

"While the vast majority of COVID-19 deaths happened outside of nursing homes in July and August, the high rate...

14 Sep
Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll

Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll

Eight in 10 older Americans think health care workers should be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new poll.

Among 50- to 80-year-olds, 61% of respondents said the vaccine should be required for all health care workers. Another 19% said vaccination should probab...

10 Sep
New Tally Adds Extra 16,000 U.S. Nursing Home Residents Lost to COVID

New Tally Adds Extra 16,000 U.S. Nursing Home Residents Lost to COVID

The number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 in U.S. nursing homes appears to have been grossly underestimated.

According to a new study, that's because U.S. federal guidelines did not require nursing homes to report cases and deaths until May 24, 2020, months after...

19 Aug
Biden Puts Pressure on Nursing Homes to Vaccinate Staff Against COVID

Biden Puts Pressure on Nursing Homes to Vaccinate Staff Against COVID

All U.S. nursing home staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or their employers will risk losing Medicare and Medicaid funding, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday.

"If you visit, live or work in a nursing home, you should not be at a high risk for contracting COV...

10 Aug
A Second 'Closet' for Some LGBTQ Seniors Entering Nursing Homes

A Second 'Closet' for Some LGBTQ Seniors Entering Nursing Homes

The Stonewall generation is entering old age, and a new study finds many LGBTQ+ seniors are fearful that the prejudices of staff and fellow residents at nursing homes could leave them vulnerable to continued misunderstanding, stigma and discrimination.

In fact, "LGBTQ+ e...