Providing care in SNFs and assisted living and memory care communities includes any number of priority issues, with the role of medication management ranking at or near the top of the list, LT/PAC professionals say.

Having a prominent statesman admit his battle with Alzheimer’s put the discussion of caring for people with memory care into the public eye.

New quarterly data from CMS showed the continuation of a years-long trend of reduced use of antispsychotics in skilled nursing centers.

A new study in JAMDA details the success a New York SNF experienced when it implemented a medical cannabis program that is both compliant with federal law and approved by the state.

Gifford offered solutions aimed at how to lower the risk of viral infections from entering a nursing facility and how to decrease the risk of viruses spreading between residents.

A new report offers recommendations to improve scientific priorities for research on persons with dementia.

Trauma may come in many forms and through many experiences. Experts say that more than a third of the general population in the United States alone experience trauma at some point in their lifetimes.

A center implements pharmacogenomics testing, with positive results.

The average American’s chance of using a SNF over the course of their lifetime is higher than previous studies suggested.

An international group of experts from 13 nations has published a new set of clinical practice guideline recommendations for the management of frailty.