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A year after an 84-year-old man wandered away, never to be seen again, from an assisted living facility in New Hampshire, his two daughters have sued.

An East Hartford woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her late husband against Manchester-based nursing home and rehabilitation center Westside Care Center.

A group of Kennewick, Washington, seniors could be the latest targets of a new type of Medicare fraud.

At Mayo Clinic last year, a male patient groped a female doctor in the presence of several other staff members.

Maria Davila lay mute in a nursing home bed, an anguished expression fixed to her face, as her husband stroked her withered hand.

Lawrence, KS, Plastikon Healthcare, LLC is voluntarily recalling Milk of Magnesia 2400 mg/30 mL Oral Suspension, lots 19027D and 19027E, to the patient level. Plastikon Healthcare initiated this recall because…

Houston — Harris Health System officials declared a system-wide internal disaster September 9, 11:35 a.m., following a water pipe break overnight at the system’s Ben Taub Hospital.

A nursing assistant working at a facility in Putnam, New York, is facing charges after allegedly stealing from an elderly resident.

The former chaplain for a western Illinois nursing home has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for sex abuse charges involving both a child and elderly women.

Cincinnati — A Hamilton County man is accused of posing as a nurse and working at two home health agencies. Authorities say Martez Morris, 27, went undetected for four years.