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Facilities may be the traditional setting for dialysis, but emerging home-based treatments present an opportunity to rethink kidney care.

Chronic diseases have a crucial effect on the health-related quality of life for middle-aged and older adults, but physical activity can improve their health— as can using the internet for health-related...

A long-term care services company has been named in a class action lawsuit over a cyber attack that may have affected almost 80,000 people. 

Federal policies designed to reduce use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes did not lead to clinically significantly higher rates of schizophrenia diagnoses among people living with dementia,...

Though many patients see the value of health monitoring technology, providers still have to build trust to assuage privacy concerns.

A recent study published in PLOS ONE revealed promising outcomes for patients receiving home telemedicine-based hospital care. The research, conducted at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, compared traditional...

Checking for frailty and treating it should be top priorities when providing healthcare and health planning for older adults, according to a report published Aug. 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A new study pinpointed seven factors that influence older adults and their families to use fall detection technology, according to a report published Tuesday in BMC Geriatrics.

Names of the finalists in the 2024 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program were released late Wednesday by program organizers.

Home health achieved the best results in two quality measures: discharge to community and Medicare spending per beneficiary.