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Ana CeballosJanuary 8, 2018

Gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham on Monday wrote a $1,200 personal check to the governor’s Office of Open Government, saying it is a “small price to pay” for information on the 12 Hurricane Irma-related deaths at a Hollywood nursing home. “It’s disappointing that there are financial hurdles for the information that the people of Florida deserve […]

Danny McAuliffeNovember 15, 2017

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South Florida Democrats are aiming to better nursing homes through legislation including tighter regulations and the unrestricted use of electronic monitoring devices, also known as granny cams, by patient family members. Rep. Katie Edwards and Sen. Gary Farmer filed the similar bills (HB 655 and SB 896) on Tuesday and held a conference Wednesday morning. Both lawmakers had nursing […]

Associated PressOctober 16, 2017

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At first there was no hint of distress in the 911 calls, no sense of panic. But newly released emergency calls from a sweltering South Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning to Hurricane Irma showed staffers becoming increasing agitated by an unfolding disaster that would ultimately claim 14 elderly lives. The city of […]

Joe HendersonOctober 12, 2017

State Sen. Dennis Baxley just couldn’t resist. At a Senate subcommittee hearing Wednesday to investigate the 14 deaths of elderly patients at a Hollywood Hills nursing home, Baxley made the reasonable point that the tragedy was “outrageous.” But then, as Scott Powers reported for Florida Politics, Baxley ventured into what-is-he-talking-about land. “We keep getting new […]

Joe HendersonOctober 10, 2017

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One of the media’s highest purposes is to give a voice to the voiceless, like those in the elderly care system. Often that can mean making high-powered people uncomfortable, which brings us to John C. Simmons, president of the Florida Health Care Association. Simmons says it’s unfair for the media to generalize about how nursing homes […]

Tag: Hollywood Hills nursing home

Gwen Graham pays $1,200 to get Hollywood Hills records request

Granny cams, tighter regulations part of Democratic nursing home legislation

911 calls on nursing home dying: ‘Oh my God, this is crazy’

Joe Henderson: Dennis Baxley’s misdirection play

Joe Henderson: Giving voice to voiceless in elderly care