Assisted living communities are a critical setting for end-of-life care, but a new national study reveals major opportunities for improvement in operations and partnerships — particularly with hospice ...

As we age, there inevitably comes a time when performing everyday tasks and activities begins to feel more challenging than they once did. While many older adults want to continue doing the things on ...

Cathy McDavid invited a journalist to her mother Joann’s celebration of life. Family milled around a room at the funeral home filled with photographs of Joann, prints of her poetry and her paintings.

Clusters of COVID-19 cases continue to rise at nursing homes across the state. On Thursday, Gov. Roy Cooper put into place new guidelines in an executive order that makes changes to the way people ...

Completed surveys from all 272 assisted living residences in Massachusetts will soon be distributed to local fire departments ...

The U.S. Senate on Monday night approved a funding measure that would reopen the federal government and address telehealth disruptions and other matters ...

Four out of 10 residents in assisted living facilities suffer from dementia. This story is from Kaiser Health News They found Bonnie Walker’s body floating in a pond behind her assisted living ...

Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) said he will sign legislation this week that supporters describe as the most substantial step in more than a decade to improve conditions in the state's assisted ...

A Southern Baptist who worked as a librarian, my mother had filled our childhood with church and library camps. She was a ...