Two bills that would require nursing homes to devote 80% of their funds to the direct care of residents moved through the Human Services Committee on Thursday despite objections from industry leaders, ...

A bill that would require the state’s nursing homes to use 90% of their Medicaid funding on direct care for residents won’t advance out of the legislature’s Aging Committee this session, but ...

States that set high staffing standards for elder care in nursing homes are the only ones that come close to having enough staff nurses to prevent serious safety violations, according to a new study ...

At a time when staffing and funding regulations for nursing homes are ramping up at both the state and federal levels, one state is reconsidering its demands on long-term care spending. Oklahoma law ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 200 nursing homes across Virginia are suing the state for its alleged failure to give them increased Medicaid funding, as directed by lawmakers. Meanwhile, Gov. Glenn Youngkin's ...

Ashvin Gandhi ([email protected]) is an assistant professor at the University of California Los Angeles Anderson School of Management, in Los Angeles, California. Huizi Yu is an undergraduate student ...

A recent report by the National Council of State Boards of Nurses found that nearly 100,000 nurses left the workforce during the pandemic, citing stress and burnout as the main causes. Meanwhile, more ...

A new analysis of nursing homes and workforce shortages has brought into sharp focus the heightening need states will have for direct care workers in years close ahead. The report commissioned by ...

The nation faces a growing crisis in its direct care workforce, which was devastated by COVID-19 and is facing rising demands for its services. More than 1,000 nursing home, residential care facility, ...

Vitable Health is thrilled to announce the nationwide rollout of its health benefits platform and direct primary care to all 50 states – offering a simple one-stop-shop for businesses seeking to ...

Delinda Phillips has cared for seniors in some capacity since she was a child, tagging along with her mother, who worked as a home healthcare worker. Phillips, 55, of Chicago, has been in the ...

A high workload for nurses was associated with increased odds of missed care of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a cross-sectional study suggested.