Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Immunity Upheld for State Officials Over COVID-Related Nursing Home Deaths
Feb 5 2026 // The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed a proposed class action against New Jersey government officials on behalf of families of nursing home residents who died early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 10,000...
Gas Smell at Nursing Home Reported Hours Before Deadly Explosion: NTSB
Jan 30 2026 // Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors and brought in workers from the local utility company to check it...
Owner of Assisted Living Home Where 10 Died in Fire Denied Access to Insurance Funds
Jan 29 2026 // The owner of the Massachusetts assisted living facility Gabriel House where 10 people were killed and 30 injured in a fire last July has been denied access to insurance proceeds he told a court are needed to repair the...
Virginia Strengthens Oversight of Nursing Homes
Jan 16 2026 // Virginia officials are touting the state’s efforts in strengthening oversight of the state’s 300 nursing homes, including filling leadership and inspector positions and improving how complaints are...
Deadly Fire at Assisted Living Facility Prompts Massachusetts Safety Reforms
Jan 14 2026 // Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increased inspections and better access to records following a fire last year that killed 10 residents, the governor announced...
4 Injured in Nursing Home Explosion File Negligence Lawsuit
Jan 8 2026 // Four people hurt when an explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home two weeks ago sued the facility and a natural gas utility this week, claiming their negligence was to blame. Two workers at Bristol Health &...
Neglect, Abuse Common at Michigan Nursing Homes, Report Finds
Jan 7 2026 // The plea was desperate: Help! Lorena Brown gasped for air on Sept. 12, 2022, turning blue, at the SKLD Muskegon nursing home. Her roommate called for help from a nurse. The response: “Mind your own...
Nursing Home Bailouts. Why Vermont Has Given Millions to Keep Them Afloat
Jan 2 2026 // With the second-oldest population in the country, Vermont needs its nursing homes. Yet, while Vermonters rapidly age, the state’s long-term care capacity has dwindled, losing 900 beds in the last two decades. To keep...
Explosion at Nursing Home in Pennsylvania Kills Two, Injures Others
Dec 24 2025 // An explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home that caused the building to collapse and took the lives of two people and injured about 20 others is under investigation. The explosion occurred at Bristol Health & Rehab...
Senior Facility Owner and Inspector Sue Each Other Over Faulty Sprinklers in Deadly Fire
Dec 11 2025 // A safety inspection company and the owner of a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that was the site of a fire in July that killed 10 people are blaming each other for failing to address a faulty sprinkler...
Lawsuits Pile Up for a Nursing Home Empire Built Despite State Investigations
Nov 26 2025 // In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $2.34 million to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that the facility had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious...
Advocates Want Public Involvement When Nursing Homes Change Ownership
Nov 4 2025 // Some of the most sizable and troubled nursing homes in the state of Vermont have struggled for much of this year to provide sufficient care under new ownership, logging violations that included a death, injuries and...
Massachusetts Survey Identifies Safety Issues for Assisted Living Residences
Oct 29 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey cited the results of a survey on safety of all 272 assisted living residences (ALRs) in the state in announcing actions to enhance the safety of ALR residents. In July, following the...
West Virginia Residents Wary After State Nursing Homes Sold to Private Company
Sep 24 2025 // Every day, LaRanda Schoolcraft drives five minutes down the hill from her Terra Alta home to visit the family member she calls her “person.” “My grandpa has dementia now and doesn’t always make...
A Look at Senior Care Liability Claims
Sep 8 2025 // The average indemnity payments paid for senior care facilities have more than doubled over the past 10 years, according to Liberty Mutual/Ironshore’s inaugural Senior Care Claims Study, which examined senior care...
Four Gabriel House Residents Sue Over Assisted Living Facility’s Deadly Fire
Aug 5 2025 // Two lawsuits have been filed over the tragic fire at a Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living facility that took the lives of 10 residents and injured 30 others on July 13, making it the state’s deadliest...
Assisted Living Facility Where 10 Died in Fire Was Cited for Mistreatment
Aug 4 2025 // A Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago due to resident mistreatment, according to state regulators. The documents...
Smoking or Oxygen Machine Eyed as Possible Causes of Assisted Living Home Fire
Jul 24 2025 // A fire that killed 10 people at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility was unintentionally caused by either someone smoking or an electrical issue with an oxygen machine, investigators said Tuesday. The state’s...
Massachusetts Announces New Safety Measures for Assisted Living Facilities
Jul 24 2025 // In response to the recent tragic fire at Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, the state announced new measures to enhance the safety of residents living in the state’s 273 assisted living residences...
Woman, 66, Is 10th Person to Die After Massachusetts Assisted-Living Facility Fire
Jul 21 2025 // A tenth person has died after a fire that tore through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts last weekend, officials confirmed on Saturday. Brenda Cropper, 66, died at a hospital Friday, according to Bristol County...
