An official BBC report, released this week, says needless use of anti-psychotic drugs is widespread in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and contributes to the death of many patients. About 180,000 patients a year are given the drugs to…

When state inspectors were asked to take a hard look at an assisted living center in Florida, what they found amounted to “a total collapse in the delivery of care to the residents,” they wrote. The state immediately halted —…

A nursing home is facing its state’s stiffest penalty after investigators found the facility did not adequately protect a 92-year-old resident from a fatal fall. The 120-bed nursing home received a $90,000 fine for the 2007 death of a retired…

When one caring son checked his elderly mother into an assisted living facility she was able to carry on a conversation, walk with assistance and go on day trips. Two months later the 79 year old woman was admitted to…

Researcher recently found that seniors who have insufficient levels of vitamin D have a higher risk of dying from heart disease than individuals with enough of the vitamin. The study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, analyzed…

Experts say the current number of Alzheimer cases is expected to double every 20 years. Because of this, many nursing homes are changing the way they care for residents to help them deal with the disorder. One nursing home is…