More than a quarter of state survey agencies lack adequate emergency preparedness skills, a new federal report shows. Partnering with other agencies and skilled nursing facilities could be a solution ...

Industry leaders expect increased federal regulations in the wake of a new audit from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. The OIG audit was the latest in a ...

The increasing frequency and severity of natural and technological disasters have underscored the need for robust disaster preparedness within the healthcare system. In this context, nursing education ...

When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado, the state’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted ...

FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) team members Juan Ramirez and Pedro Agosto Rivera, left, and FEMA Corps member Andrew Winston, right, visit Hurricane Maria survivors in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, ...

November 5, 2024 — The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication and Office of Education at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health have launched online micro-credentials in ...

The City of Taunton announced a coordinated outreach effort to all nursing homes and assisted living facilities after the fire at a facility in Fall River. Representatives from the fire department and ...

Study Identifies Strengths, Leads to Strategies for Improvement in Ohio Nursing Home Disaster Planning. On any given day in Ohio's nursing homes, there are nearly 78,000 residents with physical or ...