Today more than 160,000 Floridians live in nursing homes or similar long-term care settings, and many are unaware of their rights and the resources available to protect and defend them. ...more

October 4, 2008

To be a hero, you don't have to fight fires, arrest bad guys, perform life-saving surgeries, save someone from drowning, donate millions of dollars or leap tall buildings in a single bound. ...more

December 10, 2007

The people who try to improve lives of older Floridians in long-term care launched a statewide series of town hall meetings Thursday on how to do that job better. ...more

November 9, 2007

At 91, Olivia Pitts Jackson was the boarding home's oldest resident. She arrived Feb. 27. That day, the Tampa Housing Authority evicted her and her husband from public housing. John Jackson, 47 - "God told us to marry," she says - hadn't responded to the agency's annual review to see whether they still qualified for public housing. So they had to go. ...more

November 2, 2007

William Naiden William Naiden, 52, suffers from schizoaffective disorder. He left New Hampshire two years ago in pursuit of warm weather. ...more

November 2, 2007