Rural seniors with dementia have longer nursing home stays, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 23, 2020
Rural Medicare recipients with Alzheimer’s and related dementias have longer nursing home stays and shorter survival time following diagnosis than their urban peers, investigators say.
COVID-19 death toll tops 50,000 in U.S. nursing homes: report
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 16, 2020
The fatalities account for 40% of the approximately 116,000 COVID-19 deaths nationwide, according to investigators. The actual counts are likely higher.
Jury hands down $14 million negligent care verdict to ‘send message’ to nursing homes
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 25, 2014
A Massachusetts jury has awarded $14 million to the family of a nursing home resident who died due to a pressure ulcer, dehydration and other conditions linked to negligent care, according to local news...
When assessing nursing home resident preferences, remember that ‘it depends,’ researchers...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 15, 2014
Nursing home residents’ preferences depend on a variety of shifting factors, so caregivers should frequently assess preferences and seek to understand what is behind them, according to recently published...