Researchers have created a toolkit on providing trauma-informed care in nursing homes, a first for the sector.

Would-be refugees face a new and possibly insurmountable hurdle to enter the US. A lawsuit seeks to kick it over.

Eating foods with live microbes (such as prebiotics and probiotics) reduced the prevalence of frailty in older adults by 17.5% in people who ate a moderate amount and 22.1% in those with high intake, ...

Social support can improve the quality of life for older adults with hypertension who are prone to depression, a new study finds.

A recent study that examined posts on dementia caregiving found that there was a rise in tweets featuring dementia-related stigmatization especially in North America during and after the COVID-19 ...

Nothing arouses the ire of nursing home consumer advocates like the term antipsychotics. A class of medications that was ...

A study of nearly 14,000 US nursing homes found that many long-term care providers will struggle to meet the federal staffing mandate.

The increasing possibility that the federal government will reduce the Medicaid match it pays to states poses a new risk to REITs ...

A federal judge Tuesday narrowed a restraining order and allowed more career federal officials to access sensitive payment systems.

“Animal therapy is not new to us. We are known locally for our therapy animals,” Activity Coordinator Brianna Kish told McKnight’s on Tuesday. “We currently employ too many horses, 30 chickens, two ...

More than two-thirds of adults over the age of 50 who work say doing so improves their physical and mental health, as well as overall well-being, a new report finds.

The prevalence of American adults aged 65 and older without disabilities climbed from 2008 to 2017, according to a new report.