The proposed rule required a registered nurse on-site at all times. It also stipulated a minimum of 3.48 hours of direct care ...

BOSTON — Nursing homes looking to retain more of their frontline staff should level up their retention game by pouring more resources into direct care supervisors, experts recommended here Sunday. “If ...

The Department of Health and Human Services today repealed key provisions of the minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities.

Direct care workers are the unsung heroes of our healthcare system. These are the compassionate individuals who provide care for the elderly and people with disabilities. They are the ones who go into ...

About 5% of Americans require skilled care at some point as they age. The horrific reports of more than 200,000 deaths of nursing home residents and staff during the Covid-19 pandemic put the nursing ...

Efforts to increase direct care staffing levels in aged care homes are working but a new study raises a critical question: Is this enough to improve quality of care for older people? Led by Flinders ...

New Jersey agencies unveiled a wide-ranging plan to recruit and retain more workers in understaffed group homes.

Funding for child care, home services for older adults, and disability support will increase under Pennsylvania’s latest ...