Transferring Residents

A massive, publicly owned nursing home that saw four residents die after being discharged as part of a federal closure plan has been given a temporary reprieve.

Acute care clinicians and discharge planners need more complete information about LTC services and target populations to help ensure that residents land in the most appropriate settings, researchers say.

Age may matter in determining which long-stay residents are sent to hospitals most often, but not in the way most people probably expect. A study of nearly 1,200 patients has surprisingly found that long-stay...

The creators of a new automated hospital transfer form say they have identified the five must-have pieces of information needed to reduce clinical complications when nursing home residents are brought...

Providers must resume giving advance notice about resident transfers, discharges, and room and roommate changes after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ended emergency blanket waivers for the...

Eldercare experts have published a comprehensive guideline on safe and effective hospital transfers for residents.

No approval is needed for transferring or discharging residents between facilities for certain cohorting purposes, the agency says.

The very old may feel more in control of their lives if they consider a move to a long-term care or senior living community – before a health crisis hits, gerontologists report.

The family of a woman who died after falling while being transferred with a lift is suing her former nursing home for nearly $2.5 million.

Long-term care facilities with safe resident handling training programs have significantly lower rates of caregiver injuries than facilities without such programs, new research finds. Facilities with safe...