Nursing homes that allowed visitors during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic did not see higher infection rates, even during one of its most dangerous phases, academic researchers conclude in a ...

A Calgary couple is urging the province to lower wait times for surgery — or consider compensating Albertans who travel ...

Potential risks of self-medication include incorrectly self-diagnosing and taking the wrong medication, which leads to several complications, hence making it harder to treat illnesses.

Miriam Sabir's mother was independent before she got COVID-19 and pneumonia in late 2022. After, Sabir became her caregiver.

Vaccine boosters help keep cancer patients from being hospitalized or admitted to intensive care units due to COVID-19, according to a new study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators. Their findings, ...

Dignity Alliance, an advocacy coalition, is calling on state legislators to ramp up assisted living laws based on forthcoming ...

Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer — or what they don’t.

When it comes time to decide whether to move a family member to a care facility or assisted living, communication is key.

A deadly fire at a Massachusetts assisted living home on Sunday highlights the need for federal legislation strengthening oversight of such facilities, according to long-term care resident ...