Q&A: St. Luke’s CEO Rick Anderson talks LVHN-Jefferson merger and future of Lehigh Valley health care

St. Luke’s President and CEO Rick Anderson has helped shape the business of health care in the Lehigh Valley for nearly 39 years. With LVHN and Jefferson trying to merge, here’s what ... Read More

Tennessee ranks nears bottom for senior care staffing and these nursing homes are among the worst in the nation

As the nation faces a major nursing shortage, Tennessee ranks among the worst states for senior care staffing levels. Read More

Here are the 17 best nursing homes in SC for 2024, US News & World Report says

These are the 17 best nursing homes in South Carolina for 2024, according to a new U.S. News & World Report ranking. Read More

For-profit nursing homes are putting patients at risk

These chains control roughly 41% of nursing home beds in the U.S., according to CMS ... of for-profit nursing homes, financial trickery and what could make the nation’s most vulnerable citizens ... Read More

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Researchers found health system performance is worse for many people of color. Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on ... Read More

Nursing homes to benefit from new geriatric workforce grant

Among the program’s prior successes, partnered nursing homes have sent employees to be trained as “mental health first aid instructors.” Those employees then returned to their facilities to ... Read More

Racism investigation yields sweeping changes at Lehigh Valley Health Network

Downs said the investigation resulted in these recommendations ... Ray’s attorney, Marc Weinstein of Fort Washington, Pa., had no comment on the statement from Lehigh Valley Health Network ... Read More

Program lowers multidrug-resistant infections in nursing homes, hospitals

The interventions were put in place between 2017 and 2019. The prevalence of MDRO dropped from 63.9% to 49.9% among nursing homes, from 80% to 53.3% in long-term acute care hospitals, and from 64. ... Read More

Lehigh Valley Health Network doctor at center of misdiagnosis controversy retires

According to the Lehigh Valley Health Network, Dr. Debra Esernio-Jenssen "decided to retire from the organization effective March 31, 2024." Last month, the Action News investigative team was ... Read More

Alternatives to Nursing Homes

According to the ... elder's home to give aid. With housing out of the picture, costs are reduced dramatically. What Is the Difference Between a Nursing Home and a Care Home? Nursing homes provide ... Read More

Best Walk-In Tubs Of 2024, According To Research

To determine the best walk-in tubs of 2024, the Forbes Health ... the skin’s pores, according to the company. Founded in 2007, Meditub makes the largest walk-in bathtubs in the U.S., according ... Read More

Suicides among U.S. adolescents, teens rise steadily

What's driving the rise in these tragedies? Dr. Robert Dicker is associate director of child and adolescent psychology for Northwell Health's Zucker ... database shows. Among U.S. women with ... Read More