West Virginia has a surprising candidate running for this month’s Senate primary. Ken Hechler is a 95-year-old veteran politician who was a part of the Truman administration. He served in the House from 1959 to ’77 and was the secretary…

Police are investigating  an attack which occurred last weekend to an 86-year-old woman as she slept in her bed at the senior center where she lived. Around 4 a.m. Saturday police say a man crawled through an unlocked first-floor window,…

A police investigation is underway after an incident in which a nursing home resident rolled in his wheelchair down a hill to his death. The 88-year-old man died after he fell from his wheelchair about on Saturday  morning outside the…

A registered nurse who lived and worked at an assisted-living center for the elderly was recently arrested on burglary and elder-abuse charges. Police say the 63-year-old nurse was stealing prescription pain medicine from the elderly residents people she was in…

Health officials in one state have once found a health care center for the elderly in violation of rules and regulations for a second time this summer. The 120-bed for-profit nursing home paid the state a $10,000 fine this summer…

Former residents of a senior home ravaged by fire in 2008 are suing the building’s owners and managers, blaming them for the 2008 fatal blaze at the building. Criminal case are underway against five owners and managers, charging them with…