Deputies say a nurse was arrested for leaving elderly patients alone after an 88-year-old was injured. Pinellas County deputies say 60-year-old Epifania V. Fitzgerald put one of the patients at an assisted living facility in charge and left. When she returned 2 1/2 hours later, authorities were there. ...more

November 2, 2008

Tampa General Hospital's new 340,000-square-foot Bayshore Pavilion, which features five floors of specialized care, is about to be fully on line, with the Digestive Diagnostic and Treatment Center officially opening for business next week. ...more

September 5, 2008

The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death. ...more

June 17, 2008

SEBRING — Ninety-one-year old Velmar Mack recently spent two weeks in a nursing home, but said he didn't belong there. With the help of Florida Home Health professionals and a new record keeping system, Mack is back home in Sebring, where, he said, he is happily chasing the neighborhood's widows. The Senior Advocacy Journal gives Mack and the other elderly a place to keep all their medical records in one place. ...more

June 6, 2008

My introduction to nursing began during the summer following my junior year in high school in 1955. I needed a job to earn money for school clothes and extras my parents couldn't afford to provide. ...more

January 8, 2008

A home health worker is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from elderly patients in her care. ...more

December 21, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - A 33-year-old nursing assistant was arrested Wednesday on 16 counts of stealing the identities of elderly patients at a nursing home, police told News Channel 8. ...more

September 13, 2007