Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguise practice as schizophrenia treatment, watchdog finds.

False diagnoses are used to mask inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs on patients with dementia, a practice called chemical restraint, a government watchdog report said.

Nursing homes in Ohio are navigating uncertainty from two directions: the ongoing saga of overdue quality incentive payments (QIPs) and longer-term ...

While unionization in nursing homes drastically changed staffing patterns in the sector, it didn’t measurably affect overall care quality. In reality, the ...

Nursing homes across New York are struggling to maintain services in the face of historically low Medicaid reimbursement rates, and advocates are asking state officials to direct at least ...