This study examines UnitedHealthcare’s Institutional Special Needs Plans and their association with hospital and skilled nursing facility use. Objectives: To evaluate the patterns of clinical service ...

The figures are bracing: About half of people turning age 65 will require some type of paid long-term care in their lifetimes. Women will need 3.7 years of care, on average, while males will need an ...

Healthcare professionals create care plans to help manage conditions such as pulmonary embolism. Planning may help improve outcomes and prevent future occurrences of the condition. Care plans are an ...

Interventions for COPD include a variety of care from various healthcare professionals. Part of that care is a detailed plan based on your needs and developed by a nurse or a respiratory therapist.

Given their day-to-day, intimate interaction with residents, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are uniquely positioned to contribute to care planning and interdisciplinary care team (IDT) meetings, ...

Burnout in nursing home staff has been a hot-button topic for years, but despite the spotlight, providers still need better tactics to diagnose and systematically address the issue in their buildings.

Medicare Part A may cover short-term skilled nursing care in a nursing home if specific requirements are met, such as a qualifying hospital stay and the need for daily skilled nursing care. Medicare ...

There were plenty of nursing home horror stories during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic: the virus spreading unchecked, seniors left for hours without care or company, and far, far too many deaths ...

Earlier this spring the Biden administration announced a new standard on staffing levels for nursing homes. Employee turnover at nursing homes shot up during the pandemic, when more than 200,000 ...