In Florida, where the senior population is among the largest in the nation, the financial burden is especially severe. The ...

In nursing homes across Florida, elderly residents have much to lose from the spending cuts proposed in Washington, D.C. Medicaid is the primary payer for nursing-home care in Florida — and the only ...

Genworth’s 2024 Cost of Care Survey puts the median cost of a semi-private nursing home room in the U.S. at $111,325 per year ...

My mother refuses to discuss assisted living. Can you tell me about in-home care? Many adult children wrestle with finding the right kind of care for their aging parents. Assisted living, ...

A new, no-cost Medicare pilot program is available in South Florida for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. The Medicare GUIDE program acknowledges the significant toll of caring ...

The Biden administration last month imposed for the first-time minimum staffing requirements on nursing homes, requiring them to increase their care to 3.48 daily care hours per resident. This mandate ...

Recently, the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee introduced and passed SB 7016 (Health Care), also known as the Live Healthy legislation. This bill is geared toward advancing a modern, refined ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Lawmakers are taking a close look at how to re-fund the popular My Safe Florida Home program that provides grant money to homeowners to make hurricane safety improvements to ...

In response to the escalating cost of living in Florida, driven by soaring property values and taxes, state legislators have ...

Florida Republicans have filed 8 bills slashing property taxes. All exclude funding for schools and ban cuts to law ...