Senior Living

A geriatrician offers an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes look at the long-term care system from a nursing home physician's perspective.

A federal court has ruled that a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) can force one of its residents...

What would you do if both your parents asked you to assist them with their suicides within the same year? A decade after the fact, a son recounts how he fulfilled his parents' wishes.

The Bush administration quietly issued a rule last fall closing off a key source of information about abuse and neglect in nursing homes...

Elder financial abuse costs older Americans more than $2.6 billion a year, but for each case of abuse reported. . .

The general perception of long-term care facilities is of places to be avoided at all costs. This book is intended to dispel that...

In an apparent violation of federal law, states are increasingly using nursing homes to house mentally ill . . .

As the economy worsens, incidences of elder financial abuse are reportedly on the rise. The elderly are particularly vulnerable to scams or to financial abuse by family members in need of money. . .

Nursing home patients are less likely to be subjected to unwanted medical interventions or hospitalizations under a program . . .