A case of Legionnaires' disease was discovered at the Methodist Village Senior Living nursing home in Fort Smith, Ark., health officials told Fox affiliate KNWA.
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Three nursing home chains in Washington state settled allegations that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying admission to residents due to substance use disorder and failed to provide a sign-language interpreter for a patient who is deaf.
Trilogy Health Services is the only senior living system with a positive rating for nurse satisfaction in the country, an MIT Sloan Management Review report found.
Dallas-based Everest Rehabilitation Hospitals is constructing a new $26 million inpatient physical rehab hospital.
U.S. News & World Report evaluated 1,040 hospitals across the country and ranked them for care of patients recovering from events such as stroke, traumatic brain injury and severe burns.
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Rehabilitation provider Mary Free Bed, in partnership with Corewell Health and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, all based in Grand Rapids, Mich., announced the name of the first children's rehabilitation hospital in the state, ABC affiliate WSBT reported Oct. 23.
The Minnesota Department of Health has opened investigations into six separate nursing homes this year due to adverse patient events with bed rails.
Home health care and nursing home care were the fastest growing healthcare categories in August, an Oct. 19 Altarum report found.
Older adults have heightened frailty prior to and just after entering a senior housing property, but the frailty levels decline after one year, a study by NORC at the University of Chicago found.
Minnesota was ranked the best state for long-term services and support, according to a 2023 AARP ranking.