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Nearly half of all nursing homes do not have adequately trained infection prevention staff and their efforts to combat the over prescription of antibiotics are suffering as a result, according…

Nursing home residents with Alzheimer’s disease/related dementias (ADRD) and/or behavioral health disorders (BHD) are at high risk of hospitalizations, many of which are potentially avoidable.

A study of Veterans Administration (VA) long-term care facilities (LTCFs) has found that active surveillance and use of contact precautions had no impact on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition and…

A Valley group home that took in former Hacienda patients is facing its own controversy.

In a stark reversal of a prior decision, state health officials have filed medical discipline charges against a former Vanderbilt nurse who accidentally gave a patient a fatal dose of…

Water was immediately shut off at a hospital in west Las Vegas after a positive culture of Legionella was detected on Oct. 2. 

Nearly 100 nursing homes and assisted living facilities were evacuated along Florida’s East Coast ahead of Hurricane Dorian. 

A power line struck by a delivery truck at the Avantara North Skilled Nursing Facility caused a utility pole to break and fall down, damaging the surrounding area.

Two government health departments are investigating a Macomb County hospital after several cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported.