A comprehensive new study predicts that by 2050, about 213 million American adults will be overweight or obese, representing ...

A new analysis revealed that Medicare spent roughly $2 billion over three years on unnecessary back surgeries for older adults. This alarming figure comes from research conducted by the nonpartisan ...

A large-scale Australian study has found that older adults taking gabapentinoids — a common pain medication for nerve pain and epilepsy — face an increased risk of hip fracture, with especially high ...

We often hear about the many factors that contribute to a well-run nursing home. But these two metrics stand out as ...

Long-term care leaders are on a quest to learn all they can about who may oversee them soon as new government leaders.

I once worked for a CEO who had a remarkable ability to make each of his direct reports feel like the most important person ...

A nursing home company has settled with New York’s attorney general to resolve allegations that four of its nursing homes had ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he was nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and ...

The Medicare program is approaching a “tipping point” on its journey to move all beneficiaries into value-based care ...

This story probably won’t prove anything. It’s not unusual. There’s nothing terribly special about it. The events described ...

A new report that lists what it calls the best nursing homes in the US finds that top-rated facilities continuously excel ...

Recently, an SLP who works exclusively in FEES (Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing) voiced her frustration with ...