A comprehensive study of nearly 70,000 middle-aged and older Chinese adults reveals that moderate physical activity provides the greatest benefits for healthy aging, with high activity showing added ...

A new study reveals that appetite loss affects one in four older adults even before they develop malnutrition, suggesting it may serve as an early warning sign of health decline. The research, ...

A comprehensive Canadian research study is testing whether adult day programs can improve quality of life for people living with dementia and their family caregivers. The research, called AIDA-DemCare ...

The newest visitors to Fellowship Community were a pair of 7-month-old kangaroos, Ruby and Ralphie from Aldinger Farms.

Providers are facing a 10% decline in state reimbursement as NC leaders grapple with a $319 million Medicaid shortfall.

Humana must face a class action lawsuit alleging that its use of artificial intelligence to deny post-acute care to Medicaid Advantage beneficiaries became fraud when those automated decisions ...

A federal appeals panel has again rejected False Claims Act allegations made by a former nursing home executive assistant, ruling that her case was too close in nature to one already settled.

The International Caregivers Association is launching a new dementia training program to professional long-term care caregivers.

Five states that used payroll subsidies to drive nursing home staffing increases succeeded, but they also saw nursing homes fill more of their beds with Medicare patients during the same period.

Routine screening, early detection, and prompt treatment of infections can help limit spread, and non-mRNA options like viral vector vaccines can strengthen population immunity.

A comprehensive study of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older reveals that nursing home physicians and advanced practitioners who treat more post-acute patients annually do not necessarily deliver ...

A new observational study suggests that hearing aids may help lower the risk of dementia, but with a caveat. It found that participants with hearing loss who began using a hearing aid before turning ...