INSANE: 5 - The Real Truth

LGBTQ elders fear being re-closeted

Just 18% of long-term care communities have policies to protect residents based on their sexual orientation

Salon · Aug 19, 2023

Suspect arrested after shooting at Michigan assisted living home

Police say threat to Saline community is over

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

A plan to cut Montana’s Medicaid waiting list was met with bipartisan cheers. Then a veto

Montana state Sen. Becky Beard thought she’d found a fix for a shortage of assisted living care options for Montanans who can’t afford to pay for it themselves — a shortage she became aware of while searching for a suitable place for her mother to live.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

‘I couldn’t read or write until I was 18 - now I’m Cambridge University's youngest Black professor’

Jason was told by therapists he would spend his adult life in an assisted living facility

Manchester Evening News · Feb 23, 2023

Care home cleared after pictures of beds covered in faeces and urine emerge

Manchester council concluded there was no evidence of neglect or abuse found at the Homeleigh assisted living facility in Crumpsall

Manchester Evening News · Feb 15, 2023

Tom Girardi’s dementia diagnosis likely to be battleground in criminal case

LOS ANGELES — Tom Girardi is expected to wake Monday morning in the memory care unit of an Orange County assisted living facility. After breakfast and the medications he has been prescribed for dementia and other ailments, the 83-year-old is to be driven to a downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2023

Queensland pilot brings artificial intelligence to people in assisted living

The AI "care bots" can detect health hazards, and let people who are unable to speak or move freely to communicate what they need.

ABC News · Dec 24, 2022

Assisted living facilities pressed to address growing needs of older, sicker residents

Assisted living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older adults and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns, according to a recent report by a diverse panel of experts.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

Rural Colorado tries to fill health worker gaps with apprenticeships

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can’t get out of bed on their own. Only a few can remember her name, but that doesn’t matter to her.

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

South Side woman bilked out of $400,000 by financial adviser who used money to fund her film production company, lawsuit claims

“She moves into assisted living, and all of the sudden large checks start getting made payable to Canal Productions, checks running as high as $75,000,” said Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 6, 2022