AP Health - Senior Health

As your parents get older, you can help them organize their paperwork and provide ready access to crucial details with three sites that focus on making transitions easier

Watchdog: Nursing facilities have failed to report serious cases of potential abuse and neglect of Medicare patients

Singer Steve Lawrence has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

Some younger workers aren't particularly thrilled to see a rising share of older Americans forgo retirement and continue working

A rising share of older Americans is forgoing the concept of a traditional retirement at age 65, a trend some younger workers aren't particularly thrilled to see

Facing criticism, government pledges to post list of 400 troubled nursing homes

New research shows fatal falls have nearly tripled in older Americans in recent years

The federal government has been keeping secret the names of hundreds of nursing homes that had serious ongoing health or safety problems

List of some 400 troubled nursing homes nationwide kept under wraps by government officials

List of some 400 troubled nursing homes nationwide kept under wraps by government officials