Among older adults who fall, more than half receive care in a hospital — with the estimated annual average cost per inpatient ...

Village Caregiving reports that caregivers for dementia patients need support. Key strategies include compassionate ...

A survivor of Sunday’s Massachusetts blaze claimed staff fled the burning building, leaving elderly residents to fend for ...

At Gabriel House, the assisted living facility in Fall River where a fire killed nine people Sunday, many of the residents used wheelchairs, walkers or were on oxygen and struggled to escape. The ...

Anemia’s symptoms — tiredness, headaches, leg cramps, coldness, decreased ability to exercise, brain fog — are often attributed to aging itself, William Ershler, a hematologist and researcher said.

Multiple people died Sunday night at an assisted living facility that caught fire in Fall River, Massachusetts, officials ...

A nighttime fire turned into an “unfathomable tragedy” at a Fall River assisted living facility where nine elderly residents died and at least 30 more were injured.

At a press conference Tuesday, July 15, outside FRFD headquarters, Bacon said the city has typically relied on overtime for ...

Frailty is a medically defined condition in older adults that increases vulnerability to everyday stresses, leading to a ...

Angelina Geraldi, 97, fell out of bed overnight while staying at a long-term care home in Montreal last year. The CHSLD’s day ...

While birthdays are great, I want to get on a topic this week that I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about lately, and it’s ...

Lt. Paul Machado is a 30-year veteran of Fall River Fire Department who helped rescue elderly and disabled residents of ...