Category: Post-Acute

A case of Legionnaires’ disease was discovered at the Methodist Village Senior Living nursing home in Fort Smith, Ark., health officials told Fox affiliate KNWA.

Dallas-based Everest Rehabilitation Hospitals is constructing a new $26 million inpatient physical rehab hospital.

U.S. News & World Report evaluated 1,040 hospitals across the country and ranked them for care of patients recovering from events such as stroke, traumatic brain injury and severe burns.

The Minnesota Department of Health has opened investigations into six separate nursing homes this year due to adverse patient events with bed rails.

Minnesota was ranked the best state for long-term services and support, according to a 2023 AARP ranking.

More rehabilitation center healthcare professionals completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series than influenza vaccinations in 2022, according to CMS data.

Lumberton, N.J.-based Mount Holly Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center has developed a new clinical model to care for patients with critical illness needs through a partnership with Samaritan Palliative Medical Partners, ROI-NJ reported Oct. 12.

Nursing homes that regularly use universal decolonization methods like chlorhexidine bathing to clean the skin and iodophor to clean the nose reduces the chance of a patient being transferred to a hospital due to infection.

A Houston rehab hospital has settled a complaint alleging it failed to provide a patient with an American Sign Language interpreter to effectively communicate their medical needs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Tex…

A nursing home in Montgomery, Ala., has taken the top spot on Newsweek’s annual ranking list.