Tag: assisted living

How to Improve Health and Quality of Life for Long-Term Care Residents

Sitting around is a known risk factor for disease and disability. Yet, when older adults start to lose independence—becoming less functional physically or showing signs of cognitive impairment—they move into residences that may allow them to sit for 85 percent of their waking hours. As the baby boomer population ages, older people are starting to…


Firefighter Trapped in Assisted Living Home Blaze Found Dead

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y.—A firefighter who was trapped in a blaze that swept through a suburban New York assisted living home was found dead Wednesday, a day after the fire caused a partial collapse of the building and killed one resident, officials said. “Early this morning the recovery efforts were successful and the body of a…