Senior Living

A new AARP report shows how states can stem the "explosion" of financial exploitation cases involving the misuse of powers of attorney...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has unveiled a one- to five-star rating system for nursing homes to help consumers select a facility...

Caring for an elderly loved one can be exhausting and stressful. Here are some ways to take care...

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

When someone dies, they leave behind memories of them, and lots of other things as well. This book deals with those other things -- how to clear out an estate and avoid family squabbles over heirlooms.

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. . .