In announcing the move, health agency officials stated that the rule would have imposed too high a burden on nursing homes, particularly in rural areas, where they noted that nursing staff are in ...

The Department of Health and Human Services today repealed key provisions of the minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities.

Alicia Gordon, 62, has been a caregiver for decades. At various times, she cared for her husband, her sister, her father until he passed and now her mother in Annandale, Virginia, who is about to turn ...

A new study of nurses who work directly with patients found 24 percent of nurses in hospitals and 27 percent of those in nursing homes were dissatisfied with work, compared with 13 percent of ...

One of the main reasons rural nursing homes close is staff shortages, particularly registered nurses. Some communities are finding ways to attract nurses to small towns with better pay and perks. The ...

Unprecedented minimum wages for thousands of workers in Minnesota nursing homes had been set to go into effect Jan. 1, but ...