Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
4 Injured in Nursing Home Explosion File Negligence Lawsuit
Jan 8 2026 // Four people hurt when an explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home two weeks ago sued the facility and a natural gas utility this week, claiming their negligence was to blame. Two workers at Bristol Health &...
Neglect, Abuse Common at Michigan Nursing Homes, Report Finds
Jan 7 2026 // The plea was desperate: Help! Lorena Brown gasped for air on Sept. 12, 2022, turning blue, at the SKLD Muskegon nursing home. Her roommate called for help from a nurse. The response: “Mind your own...
Nursing Home Bailouts. Why Vermont Has Given Millions to Keep Them Afloat
Jan 2 2026 // With the second-oldest population in the country, Vermont needs its nursing homes. Yet, while Vermonters rapidly age, the state’s long-term care capacity has dwindled, losing 900 beds in the last two decades. To keep...
Explosion at Nursing Home in Pennsylvania Kills Two, Injures Others
Dec 24 2025 // An explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home that caused the building to collapse and took the lives of two people and injured about 20 others is under investigation. The explosion occurred at Bristol Health & Rehab...
Senior Facility Owner and Inspector Sue Each Other Over Faulty Sprinklers in Deadly Fire
Dec 11 2025 // A safety inspection company and the owner of a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that was the site of a fire in July that killed 10 people are blaming each other for failing to address a faulty sprinkler...
Lawsuits Pile Up for a Nursing Home Empire Built Despite State Investigations
Nov 26 2025 // In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $2.34 million to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that the facility had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious...
Advocates Want Public Involvement When Nursing Homes Change Ownership
Nov 4 2025 // Some of the most sizable and troubled nursing homes in the state of Vermont have struggled for much of this year to provide sufficient care under new ownership, logging violations that included a death, injuries and...
Massachusetts Survey Identifies Safety Issues for Assisted Living Residences
Oct 29 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey cited the results of a survey on safety of all 272 assisted living residences (ALRs) in the state in announcing actions to enhance the safety of ALR residents. In July, following the...
West Virginia Residents Wary After State Nursing Homes Sold to Private Company
Sep 24 2025 // Every day, LaRanda Schoolcraft drives five minutes down the hill from her Terra Alta home to visit the family member she calls her “person.” “My grandpa has dementia now and doesn’t always make...
A Look at Senior Care Liability Claims
Sep 8 2025 // The average indemnity payments paid for senior care facilities have more than doubled over the past 10 years, according to Liberty Mutual/Ironshore’s inaugural Senior Care Claims Study, which examined senior care...
Four Gabriel House Residents Sue Over Assisted Living Facility’s Deadly Fire
Aug 5 2025 // Two lawsuits have been filed over the tragic fire at a Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living facility that took the lives of 10 residents and injured 30 others on July 13, making it the state’s deadliest...
Assisted Living Facility Where 10 Died in Fire Was Cited for Mistreatment
Aug 4 2025 // A Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago due to resident mistreatment, according to state regulators. The documents...
Smoking or Oxygen Machine Eyed as Possible Causes of Assisted Living Home Fire
Jul 24 2025 // A fire that killed 10 people at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility was unintentionally caused by either someone smoking or an electrical issue with an oxygen machine, investigators said Tuesday. The state’s...
Massachusetts Announces New Safety Measures for Assisted Living Facilities
Jul 24 2025 // In response to the recent tragic fire at Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, the state announced new measures to enhance the safety of residents living in the state’s 273 assisted living residences...
Woman, 66, Is 10th Person to Die After Massachusetts Assisted-Living Facility Fire
Jul 21 2025 // A tenth person has died after a fire that tore through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts last weekend, officials confirmed on Saturday. Brenda Cropper, 66, died at a hospital Friday, according to Bristol County...
Deadly Massachusetts Fire Highlights Assisted Living Regulation, Staffing
Jul 17 2025 // The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing...
Massachusetts Assisted Living Home Had Been Cited for Late Safety Reports
Jul 16 2025 // A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most recent review of...
Post-Mortem Begins of Assisted-Living Fire That Killed 9 in Massachusetts
Jul 15 2025 // Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30...
Nursing Homes Struggle With Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Jul 14 2025 // Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration. Facilities for older adults and disabled people...
Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Takes 9 Lives, Injures 30
Jul 14 2025 // Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of windows screaming for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30 people were injured. Firefighters responded...
