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More than 80% of U.S. nursing homes reported staffing shortages in early 2023. SciLine interviewed Dr. Jasmine Travers, a gerontological nurse practitioner and assistant professor of nursing at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and asked her how the shortage affects health care for nursing home residents, if…

The Music Speaks event will see more than 100 residents in 30 nursing homes singing and playing music for an online performance.

Mountview care home in England invites families to form multi-generational relationships with seniors.

The Tasering has been described as 'a grossly disproportionate response'.

A federal judge has delivered a stunning rebuke to Florida health administrators, ruling that the state’s long-standing failure to provide adequate care to children with complex medical needs has resulted in the “tragic” and illegal warehousing of fragile children in institutions.

Inadequate use of antiviral medication led to avoidable mortality, with Paxlovid underutilized

DCDRC fines two doctors, nursing home ₹78.66 lakh for negligence in duty. Victim suffered loss of income, medical expenses due to wrong advice.

The nursing home said the issues were now historic and "no longer reflective of the care and services provided"

Biden wants more workers to care for the elderly and disabled, but Medicaid reimbursement rates and workforce shortages hinder his ambitions.