A plan was recently approved by the Michigan House that would allow for frail prisoners in need of care to be released to nursing homes. [Read the bill here.] This plan would save the ...

Illinois Governor Rauner is currently being sued by a coalition of 64 social service agencies in Illinois. The lawsuit [read it here] alleges that Rauner failed to pay these agencies ...

A woman in Florida was found in her senior living facility after she had fallen three days prior. She died eight days after the incident. Her family is currently suing the facility ...

It’s an increasingly visible and disturbing trend: elderly patients and nursing home residents being abused by caregivers with the use of Snapchat and other social media tools. ...

Spring for Holocaust Survivors is a completely free service based in Israel. The founder, Aviva Silberman, has been working since 1992 to ensure that all holocaust survivors get the ...

Montreal police are currently testing a new program that would require all officers to be trained in how to spot and handle elder abuse. The program has succeeded in catching multiple ...

The U.S. Justice Department last week brought a hammer of words down on South Dakota’s health care system, accusing the state of shepherding disabled and mentally ill people into ...

The population is aging, and birthrates are dropping. In the coming years, this disparity is expected to get even more pronounced. Many policy-makers are looking for ways to combat ...

Nursing home evictions are on the rise, and the spike has some observers wondering whether the evictions are always equitable — or ethical. Nursing homes may evict patients for ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown last year signed a bill — the End of Life Option Act — that will allow patients with six months or less to live to choose to take medication ...