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Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016

State Rep. Scott Plakon and his wife Susie are living through a summer of love, pain, tragedy, faith, and struggle as they deal with her deteriorating health and the compounding effects of a horrible car crash. The Republican lawmaker from House District 29 posted an update on Facebook this morning that details what had been their relatively […]

Florence SnyderNovember 17, 2015

Death happens to the best of us, and also to the worst. We saw that again last week in Paris, and in Beirut, where hundreds of people going about the business of daily living had the bad fortune to cross paths with fanatics armed with weapons of war and hearts full of hate. The Grim […]

Guest AuthorNovember 10, 2015

Imagine your loved ones unable to remember who you are or what you mean to them: Years of memories suddenly lost. Perhaps you no longer recognize the person now living inside a familiar body, the result of major personality shifts that cause sudden and unpredictable mood changes. That’s what my family and I experienced with […]

Shannon NickinsonAugust 18, 2015

Pensacola has officially embarked on a new chapter in the 130-year history of a community institution of health and wellness. The new downtown branch of the Northwest Florida YMCA will be — if all of the fundraising goals are met — a $15 million, 52,000-square-foot facility with an aquatic center, a gymnasium, a wellness center, […]

Guest AuthorAugust 9, 2015

Over the course of the past 2½ years I found myself in a position I never dreamed possible: Three of my immediate family members died. Although not all of their deaths were the same, each one was painful to me and deeply felt in its own way. Nothing about the human condition prepares you for […]

Mark FerruloAugust 6, 2015

In response to the recent video smear campaign aimed at discrediting Planned Parenthood, 39 Florida organizations representing doctors, working families, students, women’s advocates, retirees and religious leaders, and with supporters stretching from Key West to Pensacola, have stood up for the immense contribution Planned Parenthood has made toward expanding and protecting reproductive health care access […]

Mark FerruloAugust 5, 2015

In response to the recent video smear campaign aimed at discrediting Planned Parenthood, 39 Florida organizations representing doctors, working families, students, women’s advocates, retirees and religious leaders, and with supporters stretching from Key West to Pensacola, have stood up for the immense contribution Planned Parenthood has made toward expanding and protecting reproductive health care access […]

Florence SnyderJune 23, 2015

“We take that very seriously” is quite possibly the biggest of the big lies they tell in Tallahassee. There’s a ribbon and a 5K walk and a proclamation for everything, but precious little cash on the barrel head for families collapsing under the weight of caring for a loved one whose needs exceed the family’s […]

Florence SnyderJune 18, 2015

“We take that very seriously,” is quite possibly the biggest of the big lies they tell in Tallahassee. There’s a ribbon and a 5K walk and a proclamation for everything, but precious little cash on the barrel head for families collapsing under the weight of caring for a loved one whose needs exceed the family’s […]

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 17, 2014

A proposed rule outlining how the poor, elderly and disabled will qualify for community-based services in a new Medicaid managed-care environment is getting a chilly review from some advocates, as well as the managed-care plans that will serve them. The proposal — 59G-4.193 — lays out how the state will assign people to the statewide […]

Tag: Alzheimer’s Disease

The summer of love, pain, tragedy, and faith for Scott and Susie Plakon

Florence Snyder: He’s waiting, we just don’t when or where

Carol Berkowitz: Alzheimer’s Awareness Month a time for difficult conversations

Shannon Nickinson: Pensacola takes step to break unhealthy tradition

Traci Evison: We all grieve in different ways, on different days

Mark Ferrulo: Florida organizations show support for Planned Parenthood

Mark Ferrulo: Florida organizations show support for Planned Parenthood

Florence Snyder: Postcard from Alzheimer’s

Florence Snyder: Postcard from Alzheimer’s

Proposed long-term-care rule causes concerns