The president has proposed a massive infusion of federal funding for home- and community-based health services that advocates say will go a long way toward helping individuals and families.

Like many states, California is seeing huge regional variations in COVID-19 vaccination rates for people 65 and older. Remote rural counties are in some cases struggling to give away doses to vulnerable seniors, while metropolitan areas often have more demand than supply.

According to study findings, concentrated nutrient-dense food products blended by hand or using an automatic food mixer can help ensure nursing home residents with dysphagia and chewing difficulties consume more calories.

“By clarifying factors in the caring behaviors of caregivers, this study provides information that long-term care facilities can use to develop strategies for managing their caregivers and that policymakers can use to establish and implement health care policies for older populations,” wrote…

Whether it’s making plans to hug their grandchildren or scheduling long-overdue medical appointments, older adults are inching back to a lifestyle they’ve missed during the pandemic.

According to study findings, the use of pain management champions led the way toward smoother adoption of evidence-based pain management guidelines by care workers in nursing homes.

During the initial COVID-19 outbreak in New York, more than 90 skilled nursing facilities took part in virtual infection prevention and control assessments.

Study findings suggest that leadership sets the tone for staff behaviors that promote quality of care in long-term care facilities.

According to study findings, nursing curriculums that better promote the care of older adults would help ease nursing student ambivalence toward clinical placements in nursing homes.

Federal records show a steep decline in staff COVID-19 cases since December when health care workers at thousands of nursing homes began getting their shots. Still, many are reluctant to get vaccinated.