You may be pleasantly surprised to hear that Gainesville has opted into a nationally recognized program to be designated age-friendly by both the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities and the World Health Organization’s Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. As a requirement to join the...
Florida is finally in the news for a great reason! We are about to become the first state in the entire country to pass groundbreaking legislation that criminalizes attempting to change an elderly or disabled person’s will or trust with the intent to exploit or...
The news has been full of alarming statistics about the high percentage of long-term care workers refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Given the more than 100,000 COVID deaths nationwide of long-term care residents, the implications are obvious. How are we ever going to get COVID under control...
Florida ranks last in the latest national scorecard evaluating long-term services, compiled by AARP. There are 50 other states (D.C. is included) ranked higher than we are, even though we are home to the largest population of seniors in the entire country. Stating I am embarrassed...
With all the bad news about COVID-19 and long-term care facilities, I wanted to write about an organization that deserves more positive attention. Founded in 1975 as a result of the Older Americans Act and under the umbrella of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, the...
I wish I could tell you that in my 24 years of working with seniors, I never saw financial exploitation. Unfortunately, I have witnessed theft of property, investments, money, jewelry and more. Most of these crimes are perpetrated by someone the older person knows and trusts...
Black Lives Matter has become a rallying cry for millions of people around the world as collectively, we face the truth about racism. Within no time however, people started pushing back with “All Lives Matter.” If you were like me, you may have not seen any...
There is a relationship between the COVID pandemic and the racism pandemic. Both are insidious, both affect Black people more than white people and you can’t always tell if you’re infected. The breath of life is something we all need to survive. COVID takes this away,...
Imagine you have been cast as a doctor on the front lines of a World War II movie. A major battle is raging as you stand in the middle of a field hospital and wounded soldiers are being carried in by the hundreds, if not...
The headlines are full of our thanks and praise for the unsung essential heroes among us: the truck drivers, the cashiers, the grocery store clerks, the home health aides. The list is long: the cafeteria workers, cooks, the food delivery personnel, the janitors. As Time magazine...
