Massachusetts Finalizes New Safety, Consumer Rules for Assisted Living Facilities July 15, 2026 One year after the tragic fire at Gabriel House in Fall River claimed the lives of 10 residents and injured...
Massachusetts Assisted Living Home Had Been Cited for Late Safety Reports July 16, 2025 By Kimberlee Kruesi, Holly Ramer and Michelle R. Smith A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than...
Maine Rights Panel Finds Senior Facility Discriminated Against Transgender Woman March 17, 2022 By Patrick Whittle Maine’s human rights panel has ruled in favor of a transgender woman who complained that she was discriminated against when...
Study: Hurricane Irma Led to 400 Senior Deaths in Florida Nursing Homes October 16, 2020 The aftereffects of 2017’s Hurricane Irma appear to have killed more than 400 senior residents of Florida nursing homes, a...
Georgia Elder Facilities Face Allegations of Neglect, Abuse September 30, 2019 An investigation into hundreds of senior assisted living and large personal care homes in Georgia turned up more than 600...
Senior Care Facilities and Their Insurers Try to Keep Up with Aging America’s Falls January 2, 2019 By Suzanne Barlyn Last March, a 103-year-old resident of a Sunrise Senior Living facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, went on a field trip to...
New Florida Law Requires Backup Power Sources for Nursing Homes March 28, 2018 By Joe Reedy Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Monday requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after...
Court Sides with Florida Gov in Battle Over Nursing Home Generators October 23, 2017 Florida Gov. Rick Scott has won the first round in a legal tug-of-war over his mandate that nursing homes and...