Police are investigating concerns about possible elder abuse at a nursing home involving an 87-year-old man who died last Friday. Detectives were called to the nursing home on June 28 to investigate concerns raised by staff about the condition of the…

An employee of an assisted living center was arrested on charges related to the theft of medications. The 43-year-old worker has been charged with two counts of larceny by an employee and two counts of misdemeanor possession of a schedule…

One grandson is speaking up and taking action against a nursing home that he says kept his grandfather in deplorable conditions. He said that his 87-year-old grandfather has a bedsore on his hip so big you could stick your fist…

Nursing home residents can use the internet for mental rehabilitation, not just walkers and wheelchairs. One man learned how to use the internet after his stroke. Now he listens to music, checks sports scores, and emails his war buddies. “To…

Of 15,000-plus nursing homes ranked by U.S. News in July’s update of “America’s Best Nursing Homes,” 41 merited Honor Roll status. All achieved a perfect five-star rating in each of the federal government’s three yardsticks: health inspections, nurse staffing, and…

Her family knew the 77-year-old was dying from cancer, but they never expected to be the ones to find her dead. “Not in a nursing home, maybe in our house or something, but not in a nursing home,” her daughter…