A 77-year-old woman died last year after she repeatedly fell and remained on the ground for hours without help inside her ...

Although the holiday season is a slow down for nearly everyone's schedule, it's as busy as any other time of year for college ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Maura Healey announced new measures to enhance safety in assisted living residences across Massachusetts following a comprehensive Fire and Life Safety survey. The survey, ...

The Fall River fire chief is asking that all assisted living homes, day cares, group homes and similar facilities in Massachusetts should have the same stricter fire code protection as nursing homes.

FALL RIVER, MASS. (WHDH) - 9-1-1 calls obtained by 7NEWS reveal the frantic calls for help from residents of Gabriel House in Fall River the night of a fatal fire. “They are sticking out their heads, ...

City Council Vice President Linda M. Pereira called for more frequent inspections and emergency procedure regulations at assisted living facilities in the city at the Aug. 12 City Council meeting.

A Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago due to resident mistreatment, according to state ...

A state commission facing an August deadline to issue recommendations on how to better regulate assisted living residences voted Wednesday to extend its deadline, citing a need to consider lessons ...

Fire investigators were unable to definitively determine the cause of a deadly fire at a Fall River, Massachusetts, assisted-living facility last week, but evidence points to an oxygen concentrator or ...

The deadly blaze that broke out at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts earlier this month was sparked accidentally by either a malfunctioning oxygen machine or, possibly, a resident smoking, ...

BOSTON – State Sen. Mark Montigny, D-New Bedford, will ask the Massachusetts Assisted Living Commission to extend its reporting deadline to the Legislature by a minimum of 90 days in the wake of the ...