Given their day-to-day, intimate interaction with residents, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are uniquely positioned to contribute to care planning and interdisciplinary care team (IDT) meetings, ...

Proper training in a day care setting improves the competency of the staff and creates a standardized knowledge base for all employees. Effective training sessions incorporate specific objectives and ...

Around two-thirds of U.S. adults have not documented end-of-life medical care directives, but a new case study has found that Integris Health was successful in boosting documentation by 20 percentage ...

In 2016 Medicare introduced advance care planning Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to reimburse clinicians for time spent providing the service. Despite recent increases, use of these codes ...

Vinaya Gogineni Wendy B. Barr Robert L. Phillips, Jr. Stalled funding approval presents alarming consequences to our national health care system as programs are forced into gap years in producing ...

You've worked hard, saved wisely and planned for a fulfilling retirement. But what if the unexpected happens — early-onset Alzheimer's or another serious health event — and changes your day-to-day ...