No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential ...
Managed Medicaid hasn’t always worked well for nursing home providers, with some states modifying or scrapping their programs due to payment lags and ...
About one-third of Americans who reach age 65 will need nursing home care in their lifetimes — which can be a daunting thought if you recall the suffering of residents as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed ...
The first thing I noticed when I began working in a nursing home was the smell. It's everywhere. A mix of detergent and hospital smell and, well, people in nursing homes wear diapers. It's one of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — In a classroom, an old man glides in pushing a walker, and none of the young faces turn. In the cafeteria, a white-haired woman eats across from a teenager, to no one’s surprise. And ...
Early in 2020, the world was struck by the Covid-19 pandemic, an event that reshaped global healthcare. Coincidentally, 2020 was also the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, a time meant to ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- The leadership at the University of Michigan's nursing school says there is value in students making mistakes while treating patients. And when the patients aren't real, ...
A few weeks ago I went to a special church service in a small village in Nottinghamshire to celebrate the life and work of an inspirational nurse, Ethel Bedford Fenwick. Subscribe today for unlimited ...