Again, during an unannounced visit in 2024, state inspectors found no fire drill documentation present for November 2023 or December 2023. A written plan of corrective action, signed in January 2025, ...

The July fire at Gabriel House, which killed 10 residents, shows the need for assisted living facilities to have same fire ...

Assisted living communities should be subject to the same sprinkler system requirements that pertain to nursing homes under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, recommends a report released ...

Healey asked 272 assisted living residences to complete a fire safety assessment. The state received a 100% response rate.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey released the results of a fire safety assessment survey for assisted living facilities that ...

The results of a state-issued fire safety survey sent to Massachusetts assisted living facilities indicate preliminary data.

Changes are being implemented in Massachusetts assisted living facilities after a devastating fire in Fall River resulted in ...

A massive Friday night fire at a Michigan senior living community displaced 87 residents and staff members, but no serious injuries or deaths were reported thanks to emergency preparedness measures, ...

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.

After 100% of the state’s assisted living facilities responded to a mandatory fire safety and emergency preparedness survey, elder affairs and public safety officials are launching a joint effort to ...

Results of the state’s survey of all 272 assisted living residences in Massachusetts in the wake of a deadly fire in Fall ...