A total of 0.8% of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease follow up hospitalization with pulmonary rehabilitation treatment, according to a study published Aug. 13 in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente will close its last skilled nursing facility in the country, the Kaiser Permanente Post Acute Care Center in San Leandro, Calif., the health system said in a Sept. 10 statement shared with Becker's.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified before Congress regarding his administration's COVID-19 nursing home policies, ABC News reported Sept. 10.

Dallas-based home healthcare and hospice provider Intrepid U.S.A. will pay $3.85 million after two alleged False Claims Act violations.

Becker's has compiled a list of the top geriatric hospitals in every state based on U.S. News & World Report's 2024 rankings.

Three residents at the Peregrine Senior Living at Shaker in Albany, N.Y., have died from Legionnaires' disease, according to Sept. 6 report from The New York Times.

The Dementia DataHub is tracking the number of Medicare beneficiaries who are living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Senior HHS official Alison Barkoff will leave the agency later this year.

Two temporary nurse staffing agencies have settled allegations of charging long-term care facilities above the maximum rates allowed by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

CMS has named the inaugural group of rehabilitation centers to earn the Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Center designation.

The NAHC-NHPCO Alliance, a new industry trade group for home care and hospice providers, has named Steven Landers, MD, as its inaugural CEO.

Amid increased demands for geriatric hospital care and more patients being boarded while waiting for a post-acute bed comes a devastating statistic: 774 nursing homes have closed since 2020, and only seven new facilities were opened in 2024.

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living will honor five people and two facilities at the 2024 AHCA/NCAL Awards.

The California Department of Public Health has faulted the Ararat Nursing Facility in Mission Hills, Calif., for two resident deaths.

HHS recently issued a report that estimated about 1 in 4, or 2,568, for-profit nursing homes do not meet federal requirements for infection prevention.

The Joint Commission has released new and updated guidelines for emergency management standards at nursing care centers.

Newsweek released its 2024 "America's Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers" ranking Aug. 21, in partnership with Statista. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden administration over a nursing home staffing level mandate.

Becker's has compiled a list of the top rehabilitation hospital in every state, based on U.S. News & World Report's's 2024 rankings.

Nursing home salaries have increased by 3.75% to 5.12% in the last year, a recent Hospital and Healthcare Compensation Service report found.