Post-Acute

Twenty-eight patients and staff members were evacuated and two were hospitalized following a carbon monoxide leak at a Maryland nursing home, ABC affiliate WJLA reported April 15.

U.S. News & World Report named the 10 cities and 15 companies for best senior living.

A rehabilitation hospital has changed ownership and will operate as two partner organizations in West Virginia, WTRF.com reported April 12.

Changes to Medicare Advantage plans could mean lower reimbursements for nursing home patients in 2025, Newsweek reported April 8.

Richard Wilson, MD, was appointed chair of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Cleveland-based MetroHealth System.

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital unveiled a clinic for patients 65 and older.  

Here are 14 rehabilitation and nursing home leaders stepping into new roles:

Training, retaining and recruiting staff should be the top priority for post-acute facilities, Rajeev Kumar MD, president of AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, told Becker's.

A New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine study suggests oncology hospitalists have better hospice utilization and reduce hospital stays for cancer patients compared to oncologists. 

Nursing home workers should be well trained in LGBTQ+ care to provide proper support to patients in the demographic, a recent article by two Indiana University researchers said, according to The Bay Area Reporter.