In an ideal world, at-home health care services would be equal no matter where a patient lives—after all, these services transfer care into the comfort of one's own home. But the reality is far from ...

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 ...

Older adults regularly report a preference to age in place, and new data show that hospitals are increasingly referring ...

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month. Care at home allows patients to recover in their home with their loved ones or have comfort and symptom ...

In 1986, the Institute of Medicine released the report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. However, despite three decades of efforts to improve the quality of care in nursing homes, ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare – a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality, and efficiency of ...

Providing home health services helps health systems and hospitals manage patient outcomes after hospital discharge. Many health systems and hospitals across the country are either fine-tuning their ...

Learn what families should know about quality in-home care, personalized support and VA benefits from A Better Solution in Home Care–North Dallas.

Home health providers object to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule that would reduce Medicare payments by 0.4 percent, or $80 million, in 2018, and up to $950 million in ...

As the population ages, the need for skilled health care workers and the desire for care at home is growing. So industry and educational leaders are working together to include curriculum and hands-on ...

VitalCaring Group has acquired home health, hospice and palliative care operations from Traditions Health. Three other providers acquired other ...