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A report on the state of Texas’ assisted living communities found areas for improvement, but overall, residents said they were satisfied with the quality of their communities, including their ability...

Although new laws in Georgia that create so-called safe-haven programs to protect healthcare professionals who seek mental health services are geared mainly toward physicians and nurses, backers say that...

Nebraska is “unnecessarily” segregating people who have serious mental illness in assisted living communities and day programs, violating federal disability laws, according to the Justice Department.

A new law encouraging financial institutions to do more to prevent and report financial exploitation of older adults was prompted by a family’s discovery that their loved one lost more than $3 million...

Senior living industry experts are calling Florida’s $117 billion state budget a mix of hits and misses regarding programs supporting older adults.

In cities and states across the country, assisted living communities and nursing homes that call their local fire departments for lift assist services increasingly are being told to pay up, and sometimes...

Expanding the ability to enforce penalties on assisted living communities that violate a resident’s rights is a new goal for Maryland’s top attorney.

A proposed rule change in response to the inclusion of “stringent language” inserted into a bill governing staffing levels in Georgia’s senior living facilities goes back to the intention of the...

A student loan repayment program is being launched in Hawaii to address the growing shortages of healthcare professionals in senior living and other settings across the islands. 

Preventive healthcare and dental care soon could be rolling up to some Florida senior living communities in the form of mobile health clinics.