Seniors For Living

A popular retirement community that spans three counties in Florida has a need for nursing home beds, says this Orlando Sentinel news article.

Legislation has been proposed to “allow developers of the community with 100,000 residents to build nursing homes...despite ...

The neighbors. That’s the main reason that plans are currently on hold for a new multi-million dollar assisted living facility in Titusville, Florida.

According to this Florida Today news article, the man behind the plans is Dr. Ramesh Mathur, ...

It’s not all about Florida anymore. A new USA Today article shares the results of a national survey, which points to the Midwest as the latest retirement hot spot. From Omaha, Nebraska, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, these are ...

Volunteering does a body good. Good friends Harold Meininger and Eddie Welch, residents at an Atria Senior Living community in Florida, know this firsthand.

Welch is 74 and Meininger is 96; both are active volunteers within the assisted living community they call ...

In late September, following closure of some of state’s worst assisted living homes, the Florida Senate issued a report demanding “stronger enforcement of regulations” to better protect residents of these care facilities from abuse and neglect.

Although the report ...

In July, we reported on Florida’s assisted living regulation woes, announcing Governor Rick Scott’s appointment of a task force to work on troubled facilities where abuse, neglect, and questionable deaths had been reported.

Florida was one of many ...

Very soon, when the weather conditions are right, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 61, will swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. She first attempted it almost 33 years ago, but was blown off course by a strong northeasterly wind.

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You never know who you might run into in assisted living.

That’s what Sol Harris, 90, and Florence Seussman, 89, found out two years ago, while engaging in an activity at Brighton Gardens at Stratford Court Boca Pointe (an assisted living ...

Although among the first states to create legislation and enforce regulations to ensure quality care for residents of their assisted living communities, Florida has been making headlines in recent weeks for a number of serious neglect and abuse cases – and ...

Sunshine, sparkling waters, palm trees, citrus fruits, Key West, Miami Dolphins, Mickey Mouse, Kennedy Space Center – and the list goes on. Florida still tops the list of states with the highest number of senior residents (a recent US News Money &...