SEBRING — Beverly Bostick makes her living taking care of the severely handicapped among other kids at her Avon Park foster home, but it's still hectic for her when one of her own children qualify for the extra help. Her son Troy, 25, has had multiple kidney failures, cerebral palsy, autism and chronic pneumonia. He goes around with a bladder bag attached to his right leg that holds his urine. His mom also had to install a special air filter for their air conditioning for him. He can walk, but he communicates only through screams, moans and gestures. ...more

June 30, 2008

With all the regulations and guidelines regarding the use of Medicare and Medicaid, today's seniors may be confused as to their rights and entitlements under these programs. ...more

June 28, 2008

The United States has five-star rankings for restaurants and hotels. So why not five-star rankings for nursing homes? ...more

June 19, 2008

Employer health care costs are poised to rise 9.9 percent in 2008 - more than double the annual inflation rate - and an additional 9.6 percent in 2009, said a report released Tuesday by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. ...more

June 18, 2008

After two decades of serving terminally ill patients and watching the center's daily census grow by more than 40 fold, Rodney Taylor said it is time to retire. ...more

June 7, 2008

FORMER BROOKSVILLE REGIONAL CEO TOM BARB TO TAKE OVER ...more

June 6, 2008