A Brutal Flu Season for Seniors: When Will It End?
The 2012-2013 flu season has been been among the most brutal in recent memory. Across the United States flu activity has been intense, and according Google Flu Trends, it is only beginning to peak now,. Seniors are among the most vulnerable groups – about 90% of people who die f
Continue Reading →Florida Lawmakers Plan to Overhaul Assisted Living Laws
January 17, 2013
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A series of four articles in Miami’s newspaper the Herald, titled Neglected to Death and pubished in 2011, highlighted horrible instances of neglect at senior communities and also the failure of local authorities to detect and prevent these horrific problems. The series revealed
Continue Reading →3 Sneaky New Scams Seniors Need to Know About
January 13, 2013
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The strategies and tactics of scammers must constantly evolve because their ruses and tricks get old fast. The public learns about a scam, and suddenly it doesn’t work anymore. So the scammers are always switching things up and coming up with new ideas, or variations on old ones
Continue Reading →Hurricane Sandy’s Lingering Impact on Seniors
It’s been more than two months since Super Storm Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, but the wrath of this storm continues to be felt by seniors in the impact zone. Many Seniors Still Displaced In the days after the storm we blogged about how many senior communit
Continue Reading →Finding Pet Friendly Assisted Living
Have you or a loved one been putting off assisted living because you’re worried about communities’ pet policies? An increasing number of assisted living communities are accepting pets, and many even offer pet care. The Benefits of Pet Ownership 91-year old Ed Volick, a pio
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