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 ...

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 ...

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

Battenfeld: A lot of people – elected leaders, and state and local fire officials – have plenty of explaining to do in the ...

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.

Sandra Wrench worked at the DWP for 42 years and warns of a widening gap between the New and Basic State Pensions.

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

Even birth rates in Latin America and Caribbean, where families are typically large, are shrinking. U.S. is well below replacement rate.

Running into a burning building of vulnerable people, knowing not all will survive – it’s horrifying. Even though firefighters sign up, it affects them.

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

River called mutual aid during the Gabriel House fire when firefighters were overwhelmed. But they covered stations, not the fire. Here's why.