Members of a commission working on new regulations that would change the way assisted living facilities are run met on Tuesday and discussed how a fatal fire in Fall River could impact their efforts.

A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to regulators’ most ...

Residents of the home have called the fire "not just a tragedy, it’s a travesty" and have pointed to numerous safety problems at Gabriel House, including staffing, concerns about elevators, lack of ...

A state official documented 26 instances where staff members did not report specific emergency situations to the state within ...

Despite efforts by scores of firefighters – nearly half of whom were off duty at the time – and “every police officer in the ...

The owner of an assisted-living facility in Fall River where nine died in a fire also owns an adult foster care business in ...

A survivor of Sunday’s Massachusetts blaze claimed staff fled the burning building, leaving elderly residents to fend for ...

Officials are working to pinpoint the cause of a fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, that claimed the lives of nine residents and left 30 people injured.The owner of ...

Assisted living residences are allowed to come up with their own plans for staffing, the state only requires it be reasonable to address the needs of residents. In the case of Gabriel House, the last ...

Following a deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, a state lawmaker is pushing for hearings to ...