Johnson told reporters Monday that basic resident care was constantly neglected before the fire at the facility, with rooms left uncleaned and beds without sheets.

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 re...

Advocates for the state’s seniors said there are longstanding concerns about lax oversight of assisted living facilities, which offer some personal assistance but not the type of intensive medical ca...