Many of the elderly and disabled in Florida rely on family members to provide daily care. The Biden administration recognizes the strain placed on these people who take responsibility for protecting some of the nation's most vulnerable citizens. A new executive order...
A bill making its way through the Florida Legislature would make filing a wrongful death lawsuit against a nursing home or assisted living facility in the Sunshine State extremely difficult. House Bill 1029 and Senate Bill 1304 would only permit spouses and children...
The decision to place a loved one in a Florida nursing home can be challenging. The Florida Health Care Association’s Long Term Care Quality Dashboard provides a snapshot of what is happening statistically in over 700 nursing homes serving over 275,000 residents....
Older adults who live in nursing homes often require quite a bit of support. They are at risk of falls and infections because their immune systems don't work as well as they once did. Those in nursing homes are not only at higher risk of contracting illnesses, like...
A bill awaiting a vote in the Florida Senate would allow nursing home residents to use electronic monitoring devices to protect themselves from mistreatment. Similar bills have already been signed into law in many other states. Advocacy groups have urged lawmakers...
Understaffing has consistently been one of the most pressing issues within Florida’s nursing homes. Facilities cannot keep enough workers on their payroll and therefore have to schedule people for the maximum amount possible, which often leads to worker burnout. When...
Two employees of a Florida nursing home have been arrested in connection with an alleged assault. The 23-year-old woman and 19-year-old woman were taken into custody by deputies from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office on March 14. They both face two counts of...
Most of the hospices in Florida and around the country used to be run by charities, but things have changed. The end-of-life industry now generates about $22 billion each year, and many of the entrepreneurs attracted to the field are more interested in maximizing...
There are about 700 nursing homes in Florida, but not all of them take adequate care of their residents. The most serious nursing home violations, which are those that put the lives of residents in danger, have almost doubled in the state since 2019, and things got...
Police in Florida have taken two men into custody in connection with the beating of an elderly woman at an assisted living facility in Brevard County on Christmas Day. The 82-year-old woman suffered facial injuries, bruises to her hands and arms and a head injury...
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