Senior Living

A national assisted living company broke its promises to elderly New Jersey residents by throwing them out after allowing them to believe they could convert to Medicaid when their life savings were depleted, a report says.

Consumer-friendly tips to prevent, spot, and report elder financial abuse, including AI voice cloning, deepfake video calls, and AI-written phishing scams.

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.

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

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

A Place for Mom reports that 41.8 million Americans, most of them women, provide unpaid care for adults aged 50 and older. More than a quarter of those receiving such care have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, per AARP.

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

Assisted living costs continue to rise every year. But did you know some of those costs may be tax deductible? Medical expenses are deductible if the expenses are more than 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income.

The term "dementia" is thrown around a lot in discussions of elderly individuals, but what exactly does it mean?...