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Mental healthcare providers for the elderly expressed anger over an apparent snub of seniors’ mental health services in a proposed new federal behavioral health plan.

More than half of the 43.7 million Americans with a mental health condition are not receiving treatment, according to a report from Mental Health America.

Senior living operators have historically not been involved in psychiatric care. But that soon could change. The reason: A recent Medicaid coverage expansion could lead to new business opportunities, a...

The companionship of a pet after the loss of a spouse can help reduce feelings of depression and loneliness in older adults, Florida State University researchers have found.

As operators re-gear for the ICD-10 changes to hit in 2015, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a free online tool to help operators determine where more time and effort...

Many staffing-challenged communities may be overlooking an obvious relief valve: social workers. New findings from the University of Missouri reveal that this largely overlooked group can help improve...

Elder abuse is inflicted upon many of the more than 2 million Americans in long-term care settings, and more oversight is needed, according to a government report published Wednesday.

Healthy interpersonal relationships help keep aging brains healthy, suggests a new study by Northwestern University researchers.

Many analysts predict that future senior living communities need to focus more on intergenerational living. Stephen Golant is not one of them.

Long Beach, CA-based College Medical Center dumped a woman with dementia outside the locked senior living community where she lived in the middle of the night, a daughter’s negligence complaint alleges.