Deborah Breen of New Port Richey says assistants in area medical offices are acting in an unprofessional manner by not leaving personal lives at home. ...more

August 13, 2008

Dear Lyn: I'm writing because I'm the caregiver for my husband, who is not well. We have one son. He's 39 and has no children. He got divorced six months ago. He has lived in another state since he graduated from college. Last month he moved back here. He's living with us until he can find a job here and get a place of his own. My husband and our son are both great guys, but they've always butted heads with each other. ...more

July 19, 2008

TAMPA - Police charged a husband and wife with felony aggravated assault after each pointed a handgun at the other, affidavits state. ...more

June 3, 2008

Dying," a friend told me a while back, when I said that several elderly relatives were deteriorating and I didn't think they would last, "can take a very long time." ...more

June 1, 2008

The headline on Pinellas County's emergency management Web site is: "Surviving the Storm: It's Everyone's Responsibility." ...more

June 1, 2008

Carmen Nunez was escorted to a dance at the Brandon Community Center recently by the same gentleman who was by her side at her 1947 high school prom - her husband of 60 years, Philip Nunez. ...more

May 23, 2008

The headline on Pinellas County's emergency management Web site is: "Surviving the Storm: It's Everyone's Responsibility." ...more

May 23, 2008

Every year the American Cancer Society invites cancer survivors to their "Relay For Life." I attended the one on April 26 in Sebring at Firemen's Field. This year all the volunteers and businesses outdid themselves. They must have put in long hours to do such a great job. ...more

May 8, 2008

While serving as a 93-year-old blind woman's caregiver, Barbara J. Mulert bilked the woman out of nearly $500,000, Hillsborough County deputies said Wednesday. ...more

February 21, 2008

Patches containing the prescription painkiller fentanyl were recalled Tuesday because of a flaw that could cause patients or caregivers to overdose on the potent drug inside. ...more

February 13, 2008