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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has resolved a complaint against the State of Arizona involving its crisis standards of…

Firefighters, paramedics, and nursing home staff broke through a window to rescue a resident during a fire at a nursing facility, according to officials at the Blue Ash Fire Department.

During a state Senate Aging and Youth Committee hearing, Zach Shamberg, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association (PHCA), outlined continued areas of concern and deep-rooted issues for…

The Senate has okayed a bipartisan bill that allows nursing home and long-term care facility residents and their families to install cameras in their rooms to prevent abuse and neglect….

Philadelphia’s six-hospital University of Pennsylvania Health System will make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all employees and clinical staff, the health system said May 19.

Nursing home residents, considered among the most vulnerable to Covid-19, appear to receive significant protection from vaccination, according to research published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Wastewater testing is an effective way to identify new cases of COVID-19 in nursing homes and other congregate living settings, and it may be particularly useful for preventing outbreaks in…

Antibody response in people aged over 80 is three-and-a-half times greater in those who have the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after 12 weeks compared to those who…

After a Utah caregiver pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge pertaining to stolen collectibles valued at nearly $450,000, the victim’s family is now filing a civil suit for the…

New York’s long-term care facilities have found themselves with acute staffing shortages while facing a sharp drop in admissions as the pandemic has motivated more families to choose other options…