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County Commission spurns calls to close assisted-living facility, which houses 16 elderly people, to free up space for Stock Island projects.

WPLG

Imperial Club touts itself to be Aventura's finest independent and assisted-living rental retirement community.

Skilled Nursing News

Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration gave and took away in a recent round of projects that it reviewed for the central region of the state, the Orlando Business Journal reported. The agency, which is responsible for Florida’s Medicaid program and the licensure of its health care facilities, rejected a 110-bed nursing home for the Lake Read More

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The Real Deal Miami

An especially bad flu season is taking a toll on senior and assisted living facilities.

Sick residents have moved out and some landlords and operators have shut their doors to new occupants for fear of spreading the virus. The overall effect is weighing down revenues for senior-housing landlords

Cannabis Now

In senior-laden Florida, cannabis in nursing homes is frequently banned because of federal prohibition, which contradicts the state’s medical marijuana law. Both the future and present population of Florida is seniors.

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TBO.com

Proposed requirements for nursing homes to have backup generators after Hurricane Irma sailed through a House committee Tuesday — but similar requirements for assisted living facilities have st