Disabilities

While certain disabilities declined in the decade from 2008 to 2017 among older adults, Black people experienced more cognitive problems at the beginning and end of the decade, a new study shows.

As seniors’ presence in nursing homes drops, young people with disabilities stuck with few alternatives: study … VA home care program receives high marks from patients, providers … High blood pressure...

Younger nursing home residents, despite dramatically different needs than their older counterparts, have been overlooked by existing efforts to deinstitutionalize care, according to a study published in...

A new report identifies ways long-term care organizations can use a residential care model to improve health outcomes and healthy living in older adults.

Adults with disabilities more often report that the pandemic makes it harder for them to access care, medication

A television station’s investigative team asserted Monday that nursing home sexual abuse incidents in Texas are not thoroughly investigated, and that state officials may not be doing enough to protect...

A new website and smartphone app allows people with disabilities to find and review any public space or business location for accessibility.

With about a month to go before voting on policy recommendations, the Congressional Commission on Long-Term Care has drafted the first chapters of its report, commission staff director Larry Atkins said...

It is important for employers to create documents throughout the course of an employee’s employment that could ultimately provide support for termination decisions.

Louisiana health officials will ask the federal government for 200 waivers that would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive long-term personal care services, according to the terms of a settlement.