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Florida Senior Living Advisor blog
http://blog.flseniorlivingadvisor.com/
News and information on issues of concern to senior citizens. This includes, but is not limited to, information about senior living options across the state of Florida, Medicare and Social Security news, elderly abuse and senior health.
- Added on: May 26th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Chain-Affiliated and For-Profit Nursing Homes Tend To Be Poorest Peformers
I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised by this sentence in a recent report by the Federal Government. The sentence reads, “In addition, the most poorly performing homes tended to be chain affiliated and for-profit and have more beds an...
Article Highlights Incidence and Danger of Falls by Elderly
In the past year, I’ve seen first-hand how devastating a fall can be to an elderly person. My 84-year-old father has fallen twice in his independent living apartment. The first time, he was on the floor for about 36 hours before he was found; t...
Read The Fine Print Before Signing Senior Living Facility Contracts
I remember when my father was trying to select a Florida senior living facility. The process was frustrating (which is in part why I created Florida Senior Living Advisor) and tiring – driving around from one senior facility to the next, trying...
Pneumonia Deadly to Young and Old
Today is the first annual World Pneumonia Day. Nearly 100 health organizations worldwide have come together to call on governments to take action to address this deadly disease. This awareness campaign is focused on pneumonia in children; and rightly...
Free Equipment Available to Florida Residents with Hearing Loss
If an elderly family member suffers from hearing loss, here is something you need to know: Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc., (FTRI) will provide specialized phone equipment for them at no cost. FTRI is a statewide non-profit organization that ...
Top Ten Lessons Learned from Elderly Father’s Hospitalization
Sunday, October 18, life threw me a curve. My elderly father fell in his Florida senior living apartment and dislocated his hip. That triggered a series of events – a trip to the ER to have it put back in place, his release that same night to c...
