Incentivizing high nursing home staffing levels in the U.S. could result in 6,142 fewer hospitalizations each year, according to a study published Jan. 16 in JAMA Health Forum.  The study was ...

A Medicaid policy that incentivized greater staffing, with bonus reimbursements up to $38.68 per resident day and based on acuity-adjusted staffing ...

A large international study reveals that mammals tend to live longer when reproduction is suppressed. On average, lifespan ...

Lawmakers hope the proposal will lead to more nursing school graduates passing the national exam needed to work in a field ...

The study, which was published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, found that making small changes to three areas of your ...

Though the U.S. population is aging and the need for elder care is growing, nursing home capacity has dropped from pre-COVID rates. A study published on Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that ...

Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice ...

SNF capacity drops post-pandemic by 5% nationwide, linked to staffing shortages and affecting hospital discharge outcomes, per JAMA study.

Nursing homes have lost 5% of operating capacity since 2020, according to a new study examining why providers have had to limit admissions.

Sleep has long been associated with overall health and wellbeing. Recent findings, however, suggest that sleep is more ...

A nursing student lost her child care subsidy when a federal grant program didn't open up applications. Here's what it means ...