Seattle Times staff reporter Michael J. Berens won a national award for health-care reporting Tuesday for “Seniors for Sale,” a

OLYMPIA, March 4.–In one of the most astonishing survival stories ever, a plucky home-care training program backed by one of

For years, our state’s 43,000 poorly paid home care workers have lived right on the edge of insolvency. Now, harsh new

The public now has better access to information about the history and performance of state licensed long-term-care facilities through online

Finding work is hard for millions of people in this economy–but even more so for disadvantaged workers aged 55+.  The

WASHINGTON (AP) – You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and think you deserve your money’s worth: full benefits

Some local doctors, once again faced with a large cut in what the government pays them for treating Medicare patients,