Veterans Affairs

Pennsylvania broke ground Tuesday on a 200-bed, long-term care facility for military veterans. It is one of at least four states that have recently invested in newer nursing homes specifically for veterans...

A New Jersey veterans home can begin admitting new residents after getting its infection control protocols in line with federal standards, although an industry observer cautioned that some restrictions...

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to adopt a new formula to calculate payments to state-run nursing homes that enter into an agreement to provide nursing home care to eligible veterans.

Give us $700,000 and we’ll stay open, remote, private nursing home tells surrounding towns … Union representing 12,000 Veterans Affairs nurses plans protests amid shortages, stalled contract talks...

FDA issues Hamilton intensive care ventilator recall …  Number of middle-income seniors to increase by 89% through 2033: analysis … Proposed federal pilot program would divert some VA residents to...

Targeting a larger, more inclusive group of at-risk seniors will help prevent even more falls and their costly consequences, the GAO finds.

Despite being discouraged in the elderly, a facilities study has found that sliding scale insulin therapy is used in 21% of newly admitted residents who receive the drug for type 2 diabetes and is continued...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has three weeks to deliver an accounting of the inspection and quality control processes it uses to assess a network of more than 150 state-run veterans homes.

As with Afghanistan, some veterans homes have collapsed under the weight of a crisis, despite the backing of the U.S. government.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen not to include aducanumab (Aduhelm) in its national list of covered drugs, citing risk of adverse events and lack of evidence of positive impact on cognition,...