The need to move a loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility often comes suddenly — after a fall, a medical ...

Recently, a listener of NerdWallet’s Smart Money podcast submitted a question about budgeting for long-term care for her father-in-law:We are looking at how we can have him move closer to us into an ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

Gary Girolimon and Jill Parenteau, siblings in New Hampshire, were providing care and support for their 82-year-old brother, ...

Soul Survivors Living Foundation is a home for veterans, the homeless, and those fighting addictions, turning women who are struggling into women who are survivors. “Soul Survivors is a supportive ...

The cost of senior living for families and residents is going up — particularly for assisted living and memory care — ...

Martha Wellman, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, and her sister, Barbara, both lived a plane ride away from their parents, who had planned to age independently at home well ...

Assisted living’s market penetration is as varied as the setting, but six factors support greater market penetration rates in the sector, according to the findings of a new study by the National ...

As of 2018, almost 1.7 million people in the US required and received residential long-term care; more than half (918,700) resided in assisted living. 1 Many more could reside in assisted living if ...

Here's the thing: most boomers have spent decades believing the safest financial bet is to stay put in the family home. Pay off that mortgage, hold onto the property, and everything will work itself ...