Binnie Brennan’s first novella was inspired from a news story she read about people living in care facilities. Apparently, some of the residents reinvented their pasts to fit in better and feel safer at the homes. “I was moved enough…

Just eight hours after a man moved into a nursing home, state inspection records show, he was approached by four employees. While three of them held down the 74-year-old man, the fourth injected him with a high amount of the…

Two teen brothers bring a ray of light to nursing homes through song. The brothers,15 and 17 years old, have been sharing their youthfulness and their gift of music with the elderly. As the brothers sing Amazing Grace, one resident…

Pressure ulcers (bedsores, or decubitus ulcers) do not heal easily, but many people do not realize that steroid medications taken for other chronic health conditions and swelling can delay wound healing. “As we age, simple wounds can have life-threatening consequences,…

In an effort to help prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus to patients, some health care facilities including nursing homes and assisted living facilities are temporarily raising the minimum age of visitors to 18. This is in response to…

Keeping blood pressure at the right level can help adults over age 60 live longer, healthier lives, according to one credible study. Researchers say that hypertension was previously regarded as a natural part of aging and that some health care…