Although 98% of seniors 65 and over have health insurance, close to four million have unpaid medical bills, according to 2023 data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That's because most ...

Assisted living referral agencies have stepped up, marketing themselves as experts who can connect families with 'the best ...

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 ...

Assisted suicide has been legal in Colorado since 2016. In June 2025, a coalition of advocacy groups sued the state over its ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed a law legalizing assisted suicide, making Illinois the 12th state in America.

Assisted living communities can be a comfortable environment for older adults who need a little bit of help in their daily lives. Our research team vetted 17 national and regional assisted living ...

You can find key differences between assisted living versus nursing homes. As people grow older and consider these different options, here are some key points to remember about each type of residence.

Matthew Donnelly loved life. But Matthew Donnelly wanted to die. For the past thirty years, Matthew had conducted research on the use of X-rays. Now, skin cancer riddled his tortured body. He had lost ...

Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists ...

My heart goes out to Brittany Maynard, who is dying of brain cancer and who wrote last week about her desire for what is often referred to as “death with dignity.” Yet while I have every sympathy for ...

In Austria, a law legalizing assisted suicide passed in 2021 and took effect in 2022. Per the law, "adults who want to end their lives must produce a diagnosis and have confirmation that they are able ...

Housing is provided by assisted living facilities to aging individuals with varying degrees of independence. Some residents can manage their own hygiene while nurses oversee their medications, while ...