The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to study the effects of unused medications on the environment, and they’re enlisting the help of nursing homes and other healthcare facilities around ...

When facing a shortage of licensed nurses, certified nurse aides trained as medication assistants can be a viable alternative, according to a pilot study detailed in the Annals of Long Term Care.

While medication errors are still a frequent occurrence in nursing homes, their impact on the actual health of patients is limited, suggests new study findings published in the Journal of the American ...

A research team from the University of Missouri-Columbia examined nurses’ abilities with regard to identifying medication order issues at nursing homes. BMC Health Services Research published the ...

NEW YORK – U.S. nursing homes have significantly reduced the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs among their elderly residents, responding to pressure from many directions. Yet advocacy groups insist ...

Medication-at-home pharmacy is an innovative method of medication management that is vital to the success of the health care system. The concept of “ aging in place ” has grown more popular in recent ...

In January the Department of Health issued an alert after a report found that people in care homes were far more likely to be given the wrong medicine than those in the community. Nick Barber, ...

GASSVILLE -- Linda Cooper spent her final days in a north Arkansas nursing home working crossword puzzles -- always in ink. Hers wasn't a slow spiral into death's grasp. It was sudden. The 65-year-old ...

Four nursing homes have been fined by the state in connection with medication errors or residents who fell, broke bones or wandered outside alone. On March 15, Leeway Inc. of New Haven was fined ...