A Minnesota panel tasked with creating pay levels for nursing facilities approved a minimum wage for all nursing home workers ...

As long-term care providers confront a shrinking workforce, a new federal staffing mandate and a rapidly aging population, ...

People with opioid use disorder were less likely to receive palliative care during their last 90 days of life, a study ...

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said in a report released Tuesday that all women should start ...

A peer-to-peer support intervention dubbed Stress First Aid didn’t improve well-being for healthcare workers, but it did help in terms of general psychological distress and post-traumatic stress ...

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Cancer survivors who felt lonelier or experienced more social isolation had a greater risk of dying compared to those who ...

Some House lawmakers Tuesday painted their effort to repeal a new nursing home staffing mandate as a bid to ensure access to care and to stake their authority over a rogue regulatory agency at the ...

The role of chief innovation officer suits Steven Littlehale as perfectly as his bow ties are affixed each time out. His education and training, clinical experience and leadership have led to ...

The percentage of people with a mental health diagnosis went up in all age groups between 2019 and 2023, but the largest increase was in older adults over the age of 65, according to a FAIR Health ...

Frailty before emergency surgery isn’t the only factor linked to adverse outcomes. In fact, the risk of the procedure itself has even more negative implications for older adults, according to a study ...

Nursing home residents — who often deal with complex and overlapping medical conditions — should be included in more clinical ...