Most Popular Senior Care Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page over the last year.

#1 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...

#2 Nursing Homes Struggle With Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Jul 14 2025 // Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration.Facilities for older adults and disabled people...

#3 Federal Jury Awards $405K Verdict Against Florida Senior Living Facility

May 20 2025 // A federal jury awarded $405,083 to a veteran in a disability discrimination case against a St. Petersburg, Florida, senior living facility and its operating companies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

#4 Fire at Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Takes 9 Lives, Injures 30

Jul 14 2025 // Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of windows screaming for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30 people were injured.Firefighters responded...

#5 Minnesota Senior Living Facility Fined $73K for Pregnancy Discrimination

Apr 23 2025 // White Pine Senior Living, an assisted living facility in Minnesota, has agreed to pay $73,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...

#6 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...

#7 Post-Mortem Begins of Assisted-Living Fire That Killed 9 in Massachusetts

Jul 15 2025 // Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed for help, authorities said Monday. At least 30...

#8 Michigan Nursing Homes to Pay $4.5M Settlement Over Substandard Care Allegations

Jul 10 2025 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a $4.5 million settlement with six Detroit-area nursing homes and their ownership companies, Villa Financial Services LLC and Villa Olympia Investment LLC, over allegations...

#9 Deadly Massachusetts Fire Highlights Assisted Living Regulation, Staffing

Jul 17 2025 // The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing...

#10 Massachusetts Assisted Living Home Had Been Cited for Late Safety Reports

Jul 16 2025 // A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most recent review of...

#11 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...

#12 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...

#13 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...

#14 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...

#15 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...

#16 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...

#17 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...

#18 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...

#19 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...

#20 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...