A new study by researchers from the School of Nursing has found that the COVID-19 pandemic brought a new level of isolation and loneliness to nursing home residents, leaving them with a palpable sense ...

A group of skilled nursing providers is asking the president to step in and quickly lift lengthy isolation periods for COVID-positive residents ahead of the coming holiday season. LeadingAge South ...

During the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, residents at Card Home for the Aged in Willimantic often gathered in the dining room to sing their favorite songs from the 1960s, like “Brown Eyed Girl ...

Auditors are paying special attention to isolation and quarantine coding amid already heightened Medicare nursing home audits that are expected to increase in coming months, experts warn. The ongoing ...

Since retiring from my vocation in 2014, I knew that without having one or several avocations I would not live the long life I desired. My desire to learn Italian was quickly short circuited as the ...

Good Samaritan Society volunteer Kirby Feldman speaks on NBC News Now about her experience writing daily letters to nursing home residents who are isolation or feeling lonely during the Covid-19 ...

After a year of isolation from loved ones and lack of physical contact with their families in some cases, Texas nursing home residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are now allowed ...

WASHINGTON — Seniors who are experiencing social isolation or loneliness may face a higher risk of mortality, heart disease, and depression, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, ...

It all started in 1986 while Paul Falkowski was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Omaha, Neb. During his last stop on duty, Falkowski stepped in as a fill-in choir director at a small Episcopal ...

Syracuse, NY — Two deaf residents at Van Duyn nursing home went at least a year without being able to communicate with their caregivers. Poorly trained staff wrote messages on whiteboards and blamed ...

Phoebe said she hopes to "brighten" care home residents' days by bringing them presents A schoolgirl from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, is giving 300 care home residents a Christmas present to help ...