Assisted Living

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said by the end of the month, residents in all of the state’s long-term care facilities will be vaccinated for Covid-19. With just a few days left, that goal has not been reached.

Months after Gov. Rick Scott promised a hard line against nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, much of the...

State health-care regulators have fined a South Florida assisted living facility $1,000 for a bedbug infestation, according to state documents.

There are currently more than 40 million people in the United States over the age of 65, and that number is expected to more than double in the next 20…

Gov. Rick Scott's mandate that all assisted living facilities have generators and 96 hours of backup fuel will cost the industry about $280 million,...

The U.S. Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit with the nation’s largest private nursing home company.

Therapy pets help people of all ages in need of physical, emotional or recreational therapy. A new therapy dog at Cypress Cove’s assisted living center at…

Kate GeMeiner delivers a rather typical message to a rather surprising crowd. The 83-year-old retiree visits senior centers, assisted living facilities…

A Florida Senate panel has instructed the Agency for Health Care Administration to draft legislation – fast – that would allow the state to shut down…

For the second time in two years, Florida's top watchdog for the residents of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities has departed abruptly. Jim…