Nursing Home

When wildfire smoke or smog settles into a community, the public health advice is to go inside. But is indoor air quality any better?

When there’s smoke outside senior facilities, how much is coming in?

The pandemic amplified nursing homes' long-standing workforce issues. Those staffing shortages persist, as nearly a quarter of nursing homes in the U.S. report not having enough nurses or aides.

COVID-19 cases in nursing homes are climbing, and a new report reveals a wide range of case and vaccination rates in the Mountain West.

A research team at Boise State University wants to understand how smoke from wildfires is affecting Idaho's older populations, including those in skilled nursing facilities.

Idaho’s strained Veterans Affairs long term care system recently secured $2 million in federal funds to help with its staffing shortages. But other…

Since the coronavirus first started spreading in Idaho, one concern for both the public and health officials has been the protection of folks who live in…

One long-term care facility is the first of its kind in Idaho — it will care for only patients who have been exposed to COVID-19 or who have symptoms of…