Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer or how they differ from other elder care facilities.

For weeks at a time, assisted living residents in wheelchairs on the top level of Gabriel House couldn’t leave their floor, trapped by a broken elevator that management wasn’t in any hurry to fix. Because they couldn’t make it downstairs to the communal dining room,

A dancer who loved his community and the mother of a retired local police officer were just two of the nine killed in the Gabriel House assisted living fire on July 13. Obituaries and funeral plans for two of the victims were announced as of Friday, July 18.

A tenth person has died following last weekend's devastating fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office.

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 conditions at Gabriel House before the blaze.

The family of a resident at the Gabriel House assisted living facility has retained a law firm to investigate the circumstances leading up to the deadly Sunday fire that killed nine people and left dozens injured.