Home health care has topped the list of nursing specialties with the most malpractice claims – with each claim representing a ...

An estimated 90% of patients receiving home health care have at least one discrepancy between their medication lists and what ...

This is evident in Idaho, where 37% of patients referred to home health care after hospitalization did not receive it last ...

Medicare covers up to 8 hours per day and a maximum of 28-35 hours per week of home health care under Part A or Part B when this service is provided by a Medicare-certified home health agency. To be ...

It’s time to redirect public funds toward home- and community-based services that preserve independence and dignity.

Selassie Fynn talks about the mounting elderly care crisis, giving patients more than “wound care” and the barriers to access ...

Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News & World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and editing ...

Many aging adults would prefer to age in place and stay home longer rather than move to an assisted living facility or nursing home. Most people recognize, though, that living at home alone can be ...

Carolyn C. Foster ([email protected]) is an assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics and Primary Care at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago ...

For many of Missouri’s seniors who want to recover or receive care at home, Medicare’s home health benefit is a blessing.