When 17 nursing homes closed in Ohio in fiscal 2023, the Ohio Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes in the state, echoed a refrain often used by the industry to explain closures and ...

When my father entered a nursing home, I thought we were lucky. The facility was considered better than most, staffed by well-meaning people. And yet, it still wasn’t enough. My father had brain ...

RUGBY, N.D. — Cindie Haakenson was relieved when a room opened up at the Heart of America long-term care center this past spring. Her 74-year-old husband, Sherwood, had been suffering from multiple ...

A federal government oversight agency says the program intended to improve resident care at some of the nation’s worst ...

The Northview Village nursing home shut down without warning Friday afternoon, displacing about 170 residents of the St. Louis facility. The privately owned facility housed aging adults, people with ...

Mary Timp, 70, is a lifelong Iowan. She anticipates that, as with most of us, there will come a time when she'll need the help of care givers. She hopes they will be fairly paid for their efforts.

Once you turn 65, there is a 70% chance that you are going to need some kind of long-term care during the remainder of your lifetime, according to LongTermCare.gov. Unfortunately, paying for this care ...

Many people will need to stay in a nursing home at some point in their lives. How much care they'll need and how long they need to stay, however, can be hard to predict. And unfortunately, Medicare ...

Black water from broken pipes seeped through the kitchen floor of a nursing home in Reading for months this summer, with workers scrambling to keep the muck from contaminating serving dishes and food.

Question: My mom suddenly needs to be in a nursing home. Should I spend down her assets so she qualifies for Medicaid? Answer: If you’re in a situation where your mother needs nursing home care, you ...

States using managed care to handle long-term services and supports for Medicaid beneficiaries have reduced their nursing home populations, but it’s not necessarily residents with fewer needs making a ...