Cathy McDavid invited a journalist to her mother Joann’s celebration of life. Family milled around a room at the funeral home filled with photographs of Joann, prints of her poetry and her paintings.

The federal government does not regulate the nation’s roughly 30,000 assisted-living facilities. Instead, oversight is left to the states, where a patchwork of rules often falls far short of expert ...

The new rules follow a yearlong series of stories by The Arizona Republic exposing widespread violence in assisted living facilities.

JEFFERSON CITY - Facilities caring for seniors would need to meet new standards to advertise themselves as "assisted living centers." Lawmakers, during their annual session ending last week, approved ...

Arizona assisted living companies are resisting new regulations designed to improve memory care for residents with dementia. The regulations, prompted by a Republic investigation, would mandate ...

An assessment of the building design, staffing patterns, and fire protection features should be coupled with an ongoing risk ...

MILLCREEK, Utah (KUTV) — Utah’s rule laying out the process for giving residents notice of having to move out of an assisted living facility is on par with other nearby states, KUTV 2News has found.

Alena is a professional writer, editor and manager with a lifelong passion for helping others live well. She is also a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200) and a functional medicine certified health ...

Diane Clippinger has operated the Morning Glory Retirement Home on a quiet residential street near the Maryland state line for nearly a decade, "taking care of God's children," as one of her brochures ...