This webinar is designed for anyone involved with or working in long-term care facilities who seeks to deepen their understanding of Enhanced Barrier Precautions. Presenters provide an overview of mul ...

The pandemic death total stands at 1,252 as of February 1, 2025 (the most recent data available). The 5 reported deaths last ...

Norovirus is spreading across the U.S. at a highly elevated rate this winter. “Norovirus, also known as the dreaded stomach flu, is surging across the United States in 2025 – including the Garden ...

According to the CDC, Flu season has peaked this year, with cases surging to the highest level in 15 years. "We have been ...

The CDC’s incoming head, former Congressman Dave Weldon, a physician, has been commissioned by Trump to “ focus on the ...

The weekly rate for week 1 and week 5, at 10.2 per 100,000 population, is tied with the 2017-2018 season for the highest weekly peak since the 2010-2011 season, the CDC reported. Though all age ...

Long-term care (LTC) insurance can protect your assets so all of your lifelong savings don’t go to a facility or home healthcare service. However, these products are expensive and have other ...

I based our decision to bring him home from the long term care facility on the information that I was originally given only to find out they won’t pay the in home care for 90 days. They tried to ...

According to the CDC, frequent handwashing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is essential in preventing infections.

Researchers have created a toolkit on providing trauma-informed care in nursing homes, a first for the sector.

For the first time in California history, older adults will outnumber those under 18 in five years, a harbinger of what most likely will be mushrooming demand for elder care services, both at home and ...

The increasing frequency and severity of environmental disasters necessitate robust health-care system adaptation strategies. Recent wildfire events in and around Los Angeles County, CA, USA, are ...