When we daydream about retirement, we think about updates to our home or spending our days on beaches or visiting loved ones.

A new study by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School has revealed that almost all community-dwelling older adults with ...

Fewer than 50 specialised dementia care centres exist nationwide, most in big cities and run by private hospitals or ...

Medicare provides roughly 67 million Americans with health care coverage for a wide range of medical services and items ... but there are still a number of costs the program doesn't cover. Roughly ...

To understand the cultural transition from a society that found comfort in end-of-life rituals to one that has distanced itself from the natural dying process, it is essential to look back to the ...

Long-term care (LTC) isn't just about nursing homes or medical treatment, it's about maintaining your independence and ...

For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is delivering on its plan to protect the province’s long-term care system by investing more than $180 million to launch new programs that will attract and retain close ...

More than half of Americans over 65 will need help with basic activities like eating or bathing, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The cost of providing long-term ...

READING, Pa. – The Berks County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to authorize modest increases in the daily rates at Berks Heim Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bern Township. Berks Heim is the ...

After nearly two years of struggling to find a site to replace an aging New Glasgow, N.S., nursing home, the town says the replacement long-term care facility will be built on Little Harbour Road. The ...