Nursing home leaders are hoping that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ...

A DUNFERMLINE care home has said they are still allowing people to visit if they wish, despite residents displaying Norovirus-like symptoms. The Press understands that friends and family members were ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released the Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate, ...

Knutson had already filed one complaint with state regulators about what she perceived as deplorable conditions at the ...

Staffing constraints are the single greatest challenge to maintaining clinical excellence in 2025, followed by insufficient ...

Despite the constant pressures and potential pitfalls of battling infectious diseases, many nursing homes do an exemplary job tackling all that comes with caring for an immunocompromised population.

Most yeast infections need medical treatment—either from a healthcare provider or at-home care—before they ... Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2023;12(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s13756-023-01281-5 Yale ...

NY suddenly started withholding names of medical facilities with cases of deadly drug-resistant fungus Candida auris. We got ...

If someone with dementia has severe symptoms that put their health and safety at risk or a caregiver is unable to cope, a care home may be necessary. A person with dementia may require a care home ...

About 1.4 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The majority—nearly two-thirds of all nursing home residents—rely on Medicaid to foot the bill. But getting approved for ...

The AHA's Living Learning Network is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch the Sepsis Champions Leadership Series. These monthly events aim to improve sepsis care ...

How are care homes paid for? There are over 400,000 people in the UK living in residential care homes and nursing homes. Of these, almost half pay for care themselves and the rest are supported, ...