A former intensive care and home health nurse, Lana Wilhelm, has leveraged her experience as both a nurse and a family caregiver to found an organization ...

Two recent studies of nursing homes and home-based care emphasize how communication breakdowns between care team members can undermine patient safety. A Swedish study of 112 assistant nurses in ...

The nursing shortage is threatening both patients and our healthcare system, and future projections paint an ominous picture. We have all read the news stories or have seen the effects first-hand: the ...

As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

People with Alzheimer’s need more and more help with daily life as their disease advances. Nursing homes and memory care facilities are two residential options for caregivers who are managing serious ...

This followed quickly on the heels of CMS deciding to rescind rules that would require nursing homes to have a registered ...

Jennifer Lagemann is a former family caregiver, as well as a professional caregiver and administrator at home care agencies. She works as a writer and researcher, helping care providers create patient ...

Between the intermittent honking from passing cars and the blasting of music from loudspeakers, the picket lines of the nurses on strike from PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services nurses were ...

Nursing home care costs are soaring. For a private room in a nursing home, the average person spends nearly $10,000 per month — and almost $120,000 annually — and those costs are only expected to ...