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Young athletes are being recruited to plug a staff shortage in Japan’s nursing homes. The results are reshaping elder care.

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National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) announced Tuesday an agreement to sell a portfolio of 35 properties, including 32 ...

Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some ...

When assessing a nursing home’s risk for errors on surveys, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and state ...

Federal law says nursing home residents must be given at least 30 days’ notice before a discharge, barring health and safety ...

Karen Bogucki knows the importance of nursing home funding. Her 76-year-old brother has Parkinson’s disease and has been living at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany for the last two ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The owner of a nursing home can significantly impact the ...

The more than 400 nursing homes and hospitals currently owned and operated by private equity firms would be denied Medicare funding under a bill proposed Monday in both the US House and Senate. It is ...