If someone with dementia has severe symptoms that put their health and safety at risk or a caregiver is unable to cope, a care home may be necessary. A person with dementia may require a care home ...

Nursing homes are designed to provide high-quality care to residents whose families cannot care for their elderly or disabled loved ones on their own. However, residents at nursing homes and assisted ...

Heartland Country Village nursing home in Black Earth is closing, leaving Dane County with 16 nursing homes, down from 21 roughly a dozen years ago. Heartland, which opened in 1975, will close by ...

About 1.4 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The majority—nearly two-thirds of all nursing home residents—rely on Medicaid to foot the bill. But getting approved for ...

How are care homes paid for? There are over 400,000 people in the UK living in residential care homes and nursing homes. Of these, almost half pay for care themselves and the rest are supported, ...

Home Instead offers a range of in-home services for seniors. If you or a loved one needs occasional help around the house or 24/7 medical care, a local Home Instead agency can match you to a ...

Sex among residents in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities is still a taboo subject. Yet it happens. A lot! About 40% of people between ages 65 and 80 are sexually active, according to a ...

At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Home Care, our staff and health care providers treat you like family. Whether you’re transitioning from a hospital or nursing facility to home, or ...

After her father's death, it was sold to pay her mother's care fees. It was a difficult decision, as the home held many memories, but Kay thought it would be best for her mother. When Brenda moved ...

Robots are transforming the way nursing homes tackle critical challenges like employee turnover and a shrinking workforce in an aging world. These innovative helpers are stepping in to assist with ...

That’s been the reality for many of Southern California’s nursing home and assisted living residents recently as flames have torn through neighborhoods, forcing evacuation. More than a thousand ...