A 10th victim has died from the fire that ripped through a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week, officials said Thursday, as records and accounts from staff raise concerns about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FALL RIVER — Stricter rules and an increase in facility inspections may be on the horizon for all assisted living centers in the ...

A tenth person has died following Sunday night’s devastating fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, the Bristol County District Attorney’s office said Thursday. 66-year-old Brenda Cropper ...

Massachusetts is taking new inventory of the emergency response plans for every assisted living home in the state, as well as requiring that those homes share that information with residents and their ...

Kathleen Lynch Moncata learned the limitations of assisted living the hard way: through tragic personal experience. The elder law attorney’s mother-in-law, Rose Moncata, fell in the middle of the ...

Facing scrutiny over staffing levels during Sunday’s deadly fire at an assisted living facility, Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan announced the city will hire up to 20 more firefighters and offer more ...

Fall River will implement new local fire safety precautions following the Gabriel House assisted living facility fire. State policymakers are preempting the city on most new regulations for assisted ...

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.