-
Nursing home experts say priorities need to change, emphasizing quality of life over profits. The stunning COVID-19 death toll brings scrutiny to an industry that many believe is due for an overhaul.
-
Health care providers and nursing home operators say immunity is necessary because the coronavirus' constant change makes it difficult to address.
-
The federal government "will require nursing homes to inform residents, their families and their representatives of COVID-19 cases in their facilities." Notification must be given within 12 hours.
-
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to increase the number of National Guard personnel on "strike teams" that have been sent to long-term care facilities in the state to identify COVID-19 cases.
-
South Florida became the focus of Florida’s fight against COVID-19 this week. About half of the confirmed cases in the state are in Miami-Dade and Broward…
-
The new coronavirus disease widened its attack on Florida’s most vulnerable population this week, with the announcement Wednesday that new cases were…
-
Florida’s large population of senior citizens and people without health insurance make the state vulnerable to the threat posed by an outbreak of…
-
People at risk for Alzheimer's disease could one day get their diagnosis decades earlier - at the eye doctor.
-
When a group of elderly women from Aventura, Florida heard about the new movie https://youtu.be/-9PypHxfY_M">"POMS," a comedy about women their age who…
-
Whether it's exercise or housework, older Americans who move their bodies regularly may preserve more of their memory and thinking skills, even if they have brain lesions and other signs of dementia.
-
After three hurricanes, a big snow storm and an ice storm, residents and staff of a retirement community in Charleston are starting to view evacuations as the reality of growing old on the coast.
-
A meeting between residents, federal officials and developers at George Humprey Tower, in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, ended in a glimmer of hope for…