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The rise in cases of Legionnaires’ disease prompted a recent state inspection of Missouri facilities that found several that tested positive for the potentially deadly bacteria.

Boston — A Tewksbury woman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on charges of diverting morphine while employed as a nurse in the hospice unit at the…

Cases of Legionnaires’ disease reached a record high in 2018 — a more than eight-fold increase since the numbers began to climb nearly two decades ago.

A small fire at the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing caused the evacuation of several residents and staff members Sunday morning.

The regulatory push to reduce antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes may be correlated to a rise in risk factors for avoidable and non-avoidable hospitalization among residents with behavioral health issues,…

A small fire at a nursing home in New Milford caused 16 people to be hospitalized due to smoke conditions on Thursday morning, police said.

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.