As an in-home nurse who calls Yonkers, New York home, it's Donna Davis' feet that carry her to her patients. A registered nurse for nearly 25 years, Davis isn't carrying for patients in a hospital, ...

Hospitals are struggling with long emergency room (ER) wait times, capacity issues, and staffing shortages. A growing number of patients with cellulitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, ...

Pizza. Coloring books. Goody bags. They could be activities at a 5-year-old’s birthday party. But they’re not: These are many employers’ attempts to lift the morale of nurses on the frontlines of ...

Older adults regularly report a preference to age in place, and new data show that hospitals are increasingly referring ...

Many rural hospital at home programs have improved the patient experience and are delivering high-value care, a new JAMA ...

After an initial pilot program, Medicare has introduced a new model for treating patients with dementia this year. The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model, called GUIDE, is a voluntary ...

Nursing home providers praised the move, while one patient group called it "very disappoin ...

Facing increased fiscal and liability pressures, more US nursing homes are initiating involuntary patient discharges.

A new study revealed that of the Medicaid beneficiaries who were recently diagnosed with cancer, one in seven (14%) received care at a nursing home, and more than half of these individuals were using ...