A nursing home expert who analyzed data from the country's 15,000 facilities for The Associated Press estimates that for every two COVID-19 victims in long-term care, there is another who died prematurely of other causes.

By Matt Sedensky, Bernard Condon, Associated Press

Many older adults have become more vulnerable as they've faced increased isolation during the pandemic.

By Grace Birnstengel, Next Avenue

The turmoil of Groucho's last few years are all too familiar to adult children everywhere who are concerned with the welfare of their elderly parents and other relatives.

By Dr. Howard Markel

The government’s health care watchdog office has issued an early alert in advance of its upcoming formal report on egregious abuses of patients at skilled nursing facilities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General says…

By Philip Moeller