New research from Swansea University suggests that a simple nurse- or carer-led medicines' monitoring system can help reduce medication-related illness for people living in residential care homes - ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, regularly publishes updates and interpretations of the federal regulations affecting program participants. CMS specifically directs a number of ...

No discussion of long-term care nursing is complete without broaching the topic of effective medication management. It is such a predominant part of the nursing routine that for some, a majority of ...

Taking medications as prescribed and understanding the right way to administer them can reduce the risks and help properly treat conditions or health issues so they don’t become more serious and ...

The authors leave open the possibility that current reporting systems are not catching the impact of all medication errors. A different study earlier this year found that medical errors, including ...

For the first time ever, researchers have looked at the long-term use of psychiatric medication in Norwegian nursing homes. Psychiatric drugs are a collective term for medicines used to treat mental ...