The federal government spent an estimated $7.7 billion more on swing-bed care in rural hospitals than it would have if patients received the same care in a skilled nursing facility, a federal watchdog ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) – A family is demanding answers after their mother’s death was ruled a homicide from months of medical neglect at an Ohio nursing home. According to an autopsy report ...

“Bed blocking” refers to hospital beds being occupied by patients who no longer require acute medical care. In other words, they are clinically ready for discharge but cannot leave the hospital for ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Massachusetts nursing homes might run out of bed capacity years earlier than a task force recently forecast, according to a former budget chief of the secretariat focused on caring for ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from the head of Berkshire Health Systems. Integritus Healthcare, which operates nursing homes in the Berkshires including North Adams ...

A Bronx nursing home is making a push into the assisted living market to help cover its costs in the face of low Medicaid reimbursement rates. Hebrew Home for the Aged of Riverdale, a 607-bed ...

The share of Bay Staters ages 70 and older is expected to rise significantly in the next 15 years, according to estimates from the UMass Donahue Institute that a state task force examined. SCREENSHOT ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) – Adjustments are in place at three local hospitals amid nursing staff shortages. The changes could impact the number of beds available to Rochester Regional Health patients.

As one of the city’s remaining nursing homes prepares to close in April, nearly 250 beds are currently sitting empty in San Francisco’s largest public skilled nursing facility. Following a multi-year ...