About 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes across the country are likely not complying with federal regulations surrounding infection control staff, increasing health and safety risks for residents and ...

During the pandemic, one very clear tragedy stood out: Approximately 200,000 residents and staff died from COVID-19 in nursing homes. However, what many people don’t realize is that even before the ...

The New York City Health Department is kicking off a new program that aims to keep COVID-19 infections down at nursing homes. AP/John Minchillo The New York City Health Department is developing a new ...

Representatives from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), Association for Professionals ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

A new federal report calls into question whether Medicare’s required hours for registered and licensed practical nurses in nursing homes are adequate in helping protect nursing home residents from ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

OIG new data brief's findings reflect a need to reexamine staffing minimums. Findings in a recent data brief from the Office of Inspector General looking at nursing homes with high infection rates ...

Stricter controls 'will help people move more gracefully toward the end of life,' infection control industry leader says. Infection control tended to be part of a list of responsibilities in most ...

Demonstrators gather beside a presentation depicting the number 15,000 to denote estimated nursing home deaths, before a rally decrying former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the previous year's ...

Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds. But the problems didn't end there: The report, issued Thursday ...