AP Health - Senior Health

A woman is suing a South Carolina senior living facility after her 90-year-old grandmother was killed by an alligator

No proven ways to stave off dementia, but new report urges research into some steps that might help bolster brain health in old age

The U.S. Census Bureau says the nation is aging and becoming more ethnically diverse

An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults _ and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene flaw that fuels the damage to their vision

US prosecutors say Genesis HealthCare has agreed to pay $53.6 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims for unnecessary therapy and nursing care

Genesis HealthCare says it is pleased to resolve allegations that the company and its subsidiaries had submitted false claims for unnecessary therapy and nursing care.

Genesis HealthCare says it is pleased to resolve allegations that the company and its subsidiaries had submitted false claims for unnecessary therapy and nursing care.

Federal prosecutors say Genesis Healthcare has agreed to pay $53.6 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims for unnecessary therapy and nursing care

Aging experts and advocates are telling a government commission that age-related discrimination in the workplace still exists 50 years after the enactment of legislation designed to prevent it

A prominent leader of the abstinence-only sex education movement has been appointed to a senior position at the Department of Health and Human Services, joining several other social conservative activists in the leadership ranks at HHS.