Investing in mechanical lift equipment for the safe lifting and movement of nursing home residents can cost tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the number of residents in your facility. But ...

A Louisiana nursing assistant killed a patient while attempting to operate a hydraulic lift "by herself" to move the person ...

Healthcare industry officials and researchers claim that most U.S. hospitals have not acted aggressively when it comes to protecting their nursing staff from injuries due to lifting and moving ...

A nursing facility in Colorado might have to pay punitive damages because its maintenance supervisor put the wrong safety clip on a mechanical chair lift that malfunctioned and caused a resident’s ...

Just about everybody who has studied the hospital industry agrees that it needs to confront the epidemic that plagues many of its staff: Tens of thousands of nursing employees suffer debilitating ...

A 2016 study by researchers in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, which found that grunting while lifting weights can improve grip strength, was mentioned in a March 8 Men's Health story.

Angelo Quattrociocchi tries to put a lift into the lives of the residents at Memorial Manor Nursing Home. Quattrociocchi travels to the Pembroke Pines nursing center five days a week to volunteer his ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A new ordinance may require residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities to begin paying for lift assists. Ordinance 2025-172 is proposing an amendment to the ...

FAMU recently announced the school of nursing’s national licensure exam (NCLEX) passing rate reached 93% in 2024, putting the program above the national standard. “It’s very exciting to see our ...