senior citizens

Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to all residents and staff at long-term care facilities by Sunday, but nearly 1,000 facilities have yet to receive vaccines.

“The COVID vaccine supply is limited,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday. “We don’t have enough vaccine on hand for all 4 million-plus senior citizens. We will get there.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Wednesday saying people 65 and older will have priority for shots. But he also acknowledged the state will not immediately have enough vaccine doses for all of Florida’s millions of seniors.

Social isolation has made life difficult for many senior citizens during the pandemic. Volunteers at one Sarasota organization are finding that a regular phone call can help.

Nowhere is the battle for the 2020 election more evident than in The Villages, the nation's largest retirement community, located in the all-important swing state of Florida.

Senior citizens in Pinellas and Pasco may soon have low-sodium Chinese food delivered right to their doorstep.The Area Agency on Aging of Pinellas-Pasco…

On a recent afternoon, 71-year-old Milton Malphus walked into the community room of his senior apartment building to get some lunch. Sporting a…

Hillsborough County senior citizens stuck without power and looking for a cool place to go have some options Friday and next week.Hillsborough County…

Ann Stevens has been receiving treatment for Parkinson’s disease at the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute for nine years.But on this day, it's her…

Sarasota County has a higher percentage of people over 65 than any other large county in the nation. And some business leaders now say that all those…

Pediatricians have long asked parents if they have guns in the home, in an effort to reduce accidents and suicides in children and teens. That could help protect older patients too, a study says. But the notion of doctors asking about gun ownership is controversial.

America’s Health Ranking just released its first Senior Health Ranking, and it says seniors are living longer but they aren’t living better, especially in…