A total of 56.2% of Danish patients with dementia experienced polypharmacy — using five or more prescription drugs, according to a February study published in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy.

Feedback from clinicians and managers identified numerous barriers to providing care for dehydration among nursing home residents including limited training, absence of specific protocols and ...

Not long ago, I was sitting across from a nursing home leadership team as they stared at a quality measure report that didn’t make sense to them. “We’re ...

The 2026 NIC Spring Conference will take place March 30 to April 1 in Nashville and feature some of the biggest past and present executives influencing the long-term care sphere, as well as the usual ...

PACS Group leaders reported a landmark 2025 during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday, highlighting a year defined by record financial outcomes.

Confronted with younger generations' shifting attitudes toward work, turnover and other industrywide challenges, the McGuire Group is taking a different tack than its long-term care peers.

Older adults enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) or Medicare-Medicaid dual-eligible plan were less likely to be discharged to highly rated post-acute care than those covered by traditional Medicare, ...

Heart attack death rates rose by 1.2% among adults younger than age 55 who were hospitalized between 2011 and 2022 with a first severe heart attack, according to a February study published in the ...

Two McKnight’s publications have been named finalists for top honors in the 72nd Neal Awards, a top US journalism recognition program.

In post-acute care, Medicare is not an abstract federal program. It is Mrs. Thompson’s therapy after a hip fracture. It is Mr. Alvarez’s swallow ...

Federal regulators have thrown nursing homes in several states a short funding lifeline, but operators will still lose ...

Genesis HealthCare won approval Wednesday to borrow an additional $80 million to keep its facilities operating and pay expected legal and other fees in the months before a bankruptcy sale can be ...