Rachael Mahoney is in the midst of a decade of loss. In the past few years, her father and her sister, her only sibling, died. Her marriage ended in divorce. And now her elderly mother's health is failing.
"It's tough," ... more

Just minutes before she was to join a girlfriend for dinner the other night, Jackie Smythe joked that the sole purpose for giving birth to two daughters was just so they'd one day decorate her newest home.
"That's why I ... more

Elaine Vlieger is making some concessions to Alzheimer's. She's cut back on her driving, frozen dinners replace once elaborate cooking, and a son monitors her finances. But the Colorado woman lives alone and isn't ready to give up her house ... more

Two years after Holly Hawthorne was severely brain damaged when her motorcycle was hit by a bus in India, she passed a huge milestone in January: She moved out of a nursing home here and into the house where she ... more

Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn't go; she didn't want to leave her home of nearly 60 years.
Finally, Kantorowski went to court - and served his mother ... more

Ms. R. was 89 years old when she called our agency for home care.  She had gone through some minor surgery, and needed someone to be with her for a few days until she fully recovered.  She had a wonderful ... more

Workers in the home health care industry - one of the country's fastest growing professions - would be guaranteed minimum wage and overtime protections under new rules proposed by the Obama administration.
The move would boost living standards for nearly 2 ... more

Elvin Flynn is a dying man, but no one here is about to deprive him of his chances to live. He lies in a hospital bed on the seventh floor of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a fungal infection ... more

Despite an exploding elderly population, the number of nursing homes has been consistently decreasing. In 1985, there were 19,100 nursing homes. In 2007, there were 15,281. This doesn't mean there are fewer beds for seniors. Rather, senior care facilities have ... more

As people live longer, the cases of Alzheimer's disease is supposed to skyrocket, almost doubling every 20 years and reaching an estimated 115 million cases by 2050, according to the World Alzheimer Report. For people 65 and older, approximately 12% ... more

People who require assisted living home care frequently miss opportunities to improve the efficiency of their staff and their daily lives. Deteriorating health inevitably slows down our days, eating away at how much we can accomplish in any given day ... more

Even health care experts advise us to avoid putting a loved one in a nursing home if possible.
"People do so much better at home than in a skilled nursing facility," said Richard Hart, director of planning and customer services ... more