When you live in a nursing home, a visit can brighten your day.  One woman named Ginny visits nursing homes with her miniature horse Peanut.  She says the residents are often shocked to see a horse in the house. “Their…

Aching pain in her right knee and shoulder was a constant companion of one assisted living resident. So much so that it was diminishing the quality of life for the 86-year-old woman. “I could barely walk at times,” she said….

A nurse’s assistant is accused of using a pillow to silence a patient at a nursing home. The 23-year-old aide was arrested Saturday on suspicion of third-degree assault on an at-risk victim and misdemeanor neglect of an at-risk victim. The…

A 78-year-old woman died last year because a nursing home failed to properly monitor her medication and failed to check her into an emergency room fast enough when her brain started bleeding, according to state regulators. The state Health and…

A patient at a nursing home who fell and later died was neglected by two health care workers there, according to a report from state health officials in what appears to be an investigation into the death of a chaplain…

A recent study published in a geriatrics magazine compared non-slip socks with other methods for preventing falls. The study concluded that bare feet provide better slip resistance than non–slip socks. This study did not explore whether traction provided by bare…