The proposed rule required a registered nurse on-site at all times. It also stipulated a minimum of 3.48 hours of direct care ...

BOSTON — Nursing homes looking to retain more of their frontline staff should level up their retention game by pouring more resources into direct care supervisors, experts recommended here Sunday. “If ...

Direct care workers are the unsung heroes of our healthcare system. These are the compassionate individuals who provide care for the elderly and people with disabilities. They are the ones who go into ...

About 5% of Americans require skilled care at some point as they age. The horrific reports of more than 200,000 deaths of nursing home residents and staff during the Covid-19 pandemic put the nursing ...

Efforts to increase direct care staffing levels in aged care homes are working but a new study raises a critical question: Is this enough to improve quality of care for older people? Led by Flinders ...

Federal investigators looking for a link between ownership changes and the percentage of Medicaid funds spent on direct patient care could not confirm such a relationship, but they did discover that ...

New Jersey agencies unveiled a wide-ranging plan to recruit and retain more workers in understaffed group homes.

Lea Ann Capel, her husband Raimond Capel, and her daughters Cassie Weddel and Lindsey Hurt in their home Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in North Richland Hills. Cassie has lived in a group home for many ...

Nationwide, healthcare leaders are recognizing the value of incorporating virtual nursing into service lines that have historically followed direct care models. Virtual nursing is a logical response ...

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