If you or your parents are discussing and debating the merits of aging in place at home or moving into assisted living, it may be that you have a clear choice. Not everyone ages the same ...

The “unique” nature of assisted living has kept it off the national agenda over the years due to a lack of understanding of the sector by federal agencies and lawmakers. Efforts by state lawmakers and ...

Choosing care isn’t an easy decision. While assisted living can offer a variety of care services for seniors with different needs, it isn’t necessarily every senior’s first choice. When considering ...

As of 2018, almost 1.7 million people in the US required and received residential long-term care; more than half (918,700) resided in assisted living. 1 Many more could reside in assisted living if ...

The increasing age of residents along with the growing medical complexity they bring is making it necessary for assisted living providers to offer some degree of care coordination, according to ...

Sandi Mitchell says her days in assisted living include a 10 a.m. exercise class, arts and crafts activities, music, singing, dancing and plenty of socializing with new friends. In July of ...

A Times investigation found that people banned by California from operating assisted living homes were able to remain involved with other types of care facilities, a result of the state’s fragmented ...

The state has failed to police these types of facilities in the past decade, even as high numbers of abuse, neglect and falls are reported to the Division of Health Care Quality. State surveyors had ...