When they are done on an outpatient basis, the very same procedures won’t come with a possible three-day stay needed to trigger coverage of skilled nursing care.

When Kathleen Mikos, RN, MSN, vice president of patient care, chief nursing officer, came to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, IL, she couldn't shake the sense of déjà vu when she found that ...

A change in Medicare coverage for specific medications needed during dialysis has left nursing homes and their patients receiving in-house treatment for kidney failure in a serious bind. Starting Jan.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) inspired the quality improvement movement for US nursing homes with its 1986 report titled Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. 1 The report noted the ...

"Oh my God, we dropped her!" Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing home aides yell as she fell to the floor. She landed on her right side where her hip had recently been replaced. She cried out in ...

The coronavirus patients began arriving the last week of March, transferred to the Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center under a New York state mandate requiring nursing homes to accept ...