Healthcare and Caregiving

More nursing homes are waiting longer for covid-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, making the...

The omicron surge has created staffing shortages as nurses and aides call in sick, and the strict testing requirements have...

A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule...

What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will...

As covid-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re...

Roughly 41% of Black Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2019 were enrolled in hospice, compared with 54% of white patients.

California’s sweeping new program to buy prescription drugs for its nearly 14 million Medicaid patients has alarmed health clinics that...

For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes. Now, experts say those efforts should...

It’s rare to hear people talk about a nursing home the way they talk about this 40-bed facility in Nevada,...

Already buckling from an exodus of pandemic-weary health care workers, nursing homes are losing entry-level nurses, dietary aides and housekeepers drawn to...