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Guest AuthorApril 27, 2015

While the Florida Legislature debates health care on many fronts, an important health care measure that has been in the works for several years and takes significant steps to better protect one of Florida’s most vulnerable populations, our state’s seniors, is now ready for final passage. That measure is assisted living reform. The assisted living […]

Guest AuthorJune 11, 2014

As the premier association representing professionally managed senior living communities that care for more than 28,000 Floridians, FLORIDA ALFA is deeply disappointed that the Legislature did not pass comprehensive reform of the assisted living facility industry in Florida. The proposed legislation, championed by Sen. Eleanor Sobel in the Senate and Rep. Larry Ahern in the […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2014

I’ve been instructed by my editor that referring to Florida as the “Sunshine State” is a cliché — a goofy term that is out of place in columns about momentous political happenings. Likely so. But here’s a case where the term is fitting: Florida, the state named for its sunshine, has more tanning beds than […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 18, 2013

As dinner comes to a close, Emeline, our 3-year-old, sometimes asks us a question: “Can I have something that’s not good for me?” What she means is, “can I have dessert?” It is easy to either give her dessert or not depending on how well she ate what was good for her during dinner. What […]

Florence SnyderSeptember 3, 2013

As Sen. Eleanor Sobel and Interim Department of Children & Families Secretary Esther Jacobo were practicing their talking points for last month’s Tri-County Legislative Delegation Town Hall, the Miami Herald was toting up bodies for its explanatory journalism headlined Killing our kids. Veteran reporter Carol Marbin Miller knows where the public records are, and she’s […]

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Gail Matillo: Legislature finally could OK needed assisted living facilities reform

Gail Matillo: Legislature must pass assisted-living reform in 2015 session

Karen Cyphers: Dangerous tanning beds popular in Sunshine State

Ben Kirby: Engaged parents can help kids avoid foods that are ‘not good for me’

Florence Snyder: State is failing the vulnerable children in its care