Dave Surico

Charges from whistleblowers have led to a $48 million settlement between operator The Ensign Group and the U.S. Department of Justice. The settlement was one of the largest of its kind, according to U.S....

A federal appeals court has upheld a $10,000 fine against a skilled nursing facility for leaving a suicidal patient unattended. The court said that it was “reasonably foreseeable” that allowing...

A new study has led to a breakthrough in the process to identify people who will fall victim to Alzheimer’s disease.

Nursing homes have lagged in the area of palliative care, and need to take a seat at the table, according to researchers in Health Affairs blog.

Pain management is a significant problem for adults aged 65 or older in the United States, new study results indicate.

Education, better prevention and the treatment of high blood pressure may be delaying seniors’ signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s, according to studies reported on in the New England Journal...

‘Universal’ work teams, small-home designs bring Missouri its first taste of an increasingly popular new model of long-term care

Medicare spending on nursing homes, home medical care and other outside care will increasingly come under the government microscope according to a Kaiser Health News/Washington Post report. Widely varied...

Theft or poor management from trust funds of nursing home patients is aided by a lack of regulations, according to a new USA TODAY report.

Researchers say they are getting closer to proving that Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 diabetes might be one illness.