If you have a loved one in a nursing home, you know how important it is to be there for them — literally and figuratively — to demonstrate care. A visit may seem like an obvious way to show support, ...

The majority of us will live out our days in our homes or apartments, and will need only a degree of assistance for the vast majority of our lives. But many families have at least one or two elderly ...

A public health agency official has told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that visiting in care homes during the pandemic was about "managing risk". Heather Reid, the interim director of Nursing, Midwifery and ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Nursing home residents can now have visitors at all times, even when there is a Covid-19 outbreak in their facility, under new federal guidelines. Nearly all nursing home visits were ...

As Covid-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re not infected before entering facilities, stoking frustration and dismay among ...

This holiday marks a return to visits in nursing homes for some who were not able to see family for the holidays last fall and winter as long-term care facilities kept visitors out to try to prevent ...

Visits to nursing homes nationwide will be temporarily restricted under the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared Friday to battle the novel coronavirus. Visits to nursing homes ...

After a year of isolation, there's a push to open doors at long-term care homes. Before the coronavirus pandemic, Marcella Goheen would visit her husband at a nursing home every day. As an essential ...

A major new study suggests that Medicare beneficiaries with dementia receive better care when treated by clinicians who specialize in nursing home practice — meaning they provide at least 80% of their ...

ALBANY — Lawmakers are demanding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo lift remaining restrictions for visits at nursing homes, according to a letter sent by two dozen Democratic lawmakers to the governor this week.