A federal government oversight agency says the program intended to improve resident care at some of the nation’s worst ...

Amid Medicare Advantage’s rise, future policy shifts – including faster prior authorization requirements and Medicaid cuts – ...

A Guardian investigation reveals UnitedHealth paid bonuses to nursing homes to reduce costly hospital transfers—allegedly at residents' expense. Whistleblowers and internal records point to instances ...

Mary Timp, 70, is a lifelong Iowan. She anticipates that, as with most of us, there will come a time when she'll need the help of care givers. She hopes they will be fairly paid for their efforts.

Black water from broken pipes seeped through the kitchen floor of a nursing home in Reading for months this summer, with workers scrambling to keep the muck from contaminating serving dishes and food.

In North Carolina, thousands of elderly residents rely on Medicaid to pay for long-term care in nursing homes. It’s the only option for many families to afford around-the-clock care as their loved ...

The pandemic turned nursing homes into a death trap for more than 170,000 long-term care residents and staff members who have lost their lives to Covid-19. But the virus also revealed how America’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nursing home residents are subjected to ineffective care and poor staffing, while facility finances are shrouded in secrecy and regulatory lapses go unenforced, according to a report ...

Many people will need to stay in a nursing home at some point in their lives. How much care they'll need and how long they need to stay, however, can be hard to predict. And unfortunately, Medicare ...