Healey announced $1.2 million in state funds would be made available to Fall River to hire more emergency response personnel.

An elderly Israeli woman died after she fell five stories from her hotel room in Greece, local media reported. An 83-year-old ...

ALBANY, New Hampshire (WGME) -- An 82-year-old man is rescued after falling down an embankment in New Hampshire. Around two Wednesday morning, fish and game officers got a call about a man who had ...

Walking at a pace of just 14 extra steps per minute could help older adults stay fit and improve their mobility, a new study ...

Staffing ratios, the affordability of care, and safety regulations are all being reconsidered in the wake of the Fall River ...

A new study examining age-related macular degeneration (AMD) among elderly residents in Egyptian geriatric homes revealed connections between this vision condition and dangerous falls.

A nursing home employee was charged Thursday with causing an elderly woman on hospice care to fall on her face. The woman ...

The key findings include the following: Out of 190,348 individuals aged 65 and older who presented with dizziness, 32% filled ...

The following column was originally published Sept. 11, 2021. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

Ten people have died after a Massachusetts assisted living facility caught fire Sunday night, making elderly residents rush ...

Some “preliminary findings” into what caused the deadly fire at Gabriel House assisted living facility were released at a ...