Laws requiring assisted living operators to grant resident and family requests to install electronic monitoring equipment in resident rooms present a challenge to providers. Such requests can be seen ...

Assisted living now averages $5,400 a month, with costs varying widely by state. See what you might pay where you live—and ...

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 ...

Although 98% of seniors 65 and over have health insurance, close to four million have unpaid medical bills, according to 2023 data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's because most ...

Planning for how you'll handle daily care in your later years is a crucial part of financial planning. While your day-to-day care routines won't necessarily directly impact your budget after you're ...

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office released new draft regulations for assisted living residences, which would require residences to specify to cost of care and when those costs ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...