Florida Ranks 28th for Senior Health

America’s Health Rankings 2014 report shows Florida’s overall rank for Senior Health as 28th in the nation. While this is certainly lower than we would like, the report also spotlighted great rankings on specific measures such as: #1 on diabetes management for seniors #3 on seniors’ use of hospice #5 on percentage of seniors who were physically inactive (meaning most of us seniors are still active)! A recent article in The Ledger  points out that Florida has the fourth-oldest median age nationwide and ranks 50th in its level of senior citizens with multiple chronic conditions. Yet we rank in the worst five states for […]