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SNF directors of nursing say this influx of untraditional residents, many of whom have no appropriate discharge setting, poses care challenges.

For now at least, the delta variant is behind 99.9% of current COVID-19 cases, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says. But vaccine makers have developed contingency plans as the omicron variant quickly spreads.

The rate of older adults receiving help with activities of daily living after hospital discharge more than tripled over the study period. Unpaid caregivers likely are providing this care, investigators...

Telehealth use increased 63-fold during pandemic; behavioral health tops list … Repeat colonoscopies recommended too often for the elderly, study suggests … Higher resting heart rate in elderly linked...

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside say they have uncovered a reason why some people with plaques and tangles in their brains do not develop Alzheimer’s disease.

A new survey offers plenty of ideas for getting long-term care providers on the same page as family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, investigators say.

The multi-pronged plan, unveiled Thursday, is aimed at further encouraging vaccinations and booster shots — especially among older adults — along with increasing the availability of other tools to...

First deadline Wednesday for McKnight’s Women of Distinction award nominations … Moderna’s shot comes out on top in first head-to-head vaccine comparison study … Risk of overactive bladder...

Despite the threat of the quickly spreading and highly mutated omicron coronavirus variant — which has just landed in the U.S. — we are safer than we were before the pandemic, some experts say.

A study of 26 million Medicare recipients has linked regular flu shots with lowered mortality — except in skilled nursing facility residents. The results suggest that vaccines alone are not enough to...