Three nursing home chains in Washington state settled allegations that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying admission to residents due to substance use disorder and failed to provide a sign-language interpreter for a patient who is deaf.

Trilogy Health Services is the only senior living system with a positive rating for nurse satisfaction in the country, an MIT Sloan Management Review report found.

Dallas-based Everest Rehabilitation Hospitals is constructing a new $26 million inpatient physical rehab hospital.

U.S. News & World Report evaluated 1,040 hospitals across the country and ranked them for care of patients recovering from events such as stroke, traumatic brain injury and severe burns.

Rehabilitation provider Mary Free Bed, in partnership with Corewell Health and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, all based in Grand Rapids, Mich., announced the name of the first children's rehabilitation hospital in the state, ABC affiliate WSBT reported Oct. 23.

The Minnesota Department of Health has opened investigations into six separate nursing homes this year due to adverse patient events with bed rails.

Home health care and nursing home care were the fastest growing healthcare categories in August, an Oct. 19 Altarum report found.

Older adults have heightened frailty prior to and just after entering a senior housing property, but the frailty levels decline after one year, a study by NORC at the University of Chicago found.

Minnesota was ranked the best state for long-term services and support, according to a 2023 AARP ranking.

Labor unions at nursing homes could help reduce staff turnover, a recent study found.

A group of residents is suing a nursing home management company Marcus & Millichap, alleging it omitted key details from licensing applications that resulted in racketeering-level behavior.

More rehabilitation center healthcare professionals completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series than influenza vaccinations in 2022, according to CMS data.

Lumberton, N.J.-based Mount Holly Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center has developed a new clinical model to care for patients with critical illness needs through a partnership with Samaritan Palliative Medical Partners, ROI-NJ reported Oct. 12.

Raleigh (N.C.) Rehabilitation Center has been hit with a $31,320 fine from CMS after an investigation revealed that conditions in the facility had subjected patients to immediate jeopardy, according to an Oct. 10 report from WRAL. 

Nursing homes that regularly use universal decolonization methods like chlorhexidine bathing to clean the skin and iodophor to clean the nose reduces the chance of a patient being transferred to a hospital due to infection.

Nursing homes provide an average of 3.76 nurse staff hours per resident per day and facilities have an average of 81 residents per day, according to national data collected by CMS.

A Houston rehab hospital has settled a complaint alleging it failed to provide a patient with an American Sign Language interpreter to effectively communicate their medical needs, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.

The District of Columbia has the lowest hospice care index score while West Virginia has the highest, according to CMS data.

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A nursing home in Montgomery, Ala., has taken the top spot on Newsweek's annual ranking list.