A former nursing home worker has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sending degrading photos and videos of elderly ...

Healthcare professionals believe that AI can help reduce the burden on doctors, nurses and other workers in the industry. Here’s how it’s already being used.

A Berlin doctor, first arrested in August for allegedly killing four elderly patients, is now suspected of murdering a total ...

German investigators say a doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients and, in five cases, trying ...

A violinist plays for her father. A singer takes requests. In hospitals and hospices, bedside performers offer a new kind of ...

Senate Bill 732 would require certain low-income housing for seniors living independently to have backup power.

"The last thing he said before passing was, 'I should have finished the job of drowning her and burning down the house.'" ...

Dementia was more prevalent in older patients with some cancer types, and comorbid dementia in this population was associated with unplanned or unnecessary hospitalization.

Alexandra Gehrke and Jeffrey King face up to 20 years in prison each for defrauding Medicare in a wound-care scheme.

Changes in minimum-staffing requirements for Pennsylvania nursing homes have some local providers and advocates concerned for ...

assisted living facilities and even some apartments that market to the 55 and older set, to have emergency generators on site ...

Finally, we must fight inaccurate, ageist and all-too-common views in health care about older adults. That will provide the ...