RECENT CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE AND ESTATE TAX LAWS MAY present financial challenges to older Americans, notes Attorney Barbara Coenson of Coenson Law, citing the recent decision by the Supreme Court that reaffirmed the validity of the Affordable Care Act. This legislation can potentially have a significant impact on the retirement and estate plans seniors and their [...]
Towers Watson helps health care leaders overcome the challenges. In these days of job shortages and a struggling workforce, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' projection of 22 percent employment growth in the health care industry by 2018 seem positive - until one considers the spike in retirement and the decline in the number of educational [...]
Orlando has been a wonderful home to me since I moved here in 2007, and one of the most wonderful aspects is the PEOPLE. Rarely does a week go by when I am not inspired by someone in this community. It was an incredible honor to be named one of the Orlando Business Journal's 40 Under [...]
Retailers are tweaking their business models. Find out what's in it for you. THOUGH THE RECESSION HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED, MOST PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO SAVE MONEY in a slowly recovering economy. Some big retailers have answered by changing the way they do business. Initiatives range from modest to drastic. Small tweaks include re-instituting [...]
The decision to become a foster parent completely changed Anna Brown's life. The experience tested her in ways she never imagined, made her love deeper than she thought possible, and changed her perspective on her own childhood and the concept of parenting. The experience was so fulfilling, she decided to become a foster parent trainer through [...]
CENTRAL FLORIDA MAY HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF CHILDCARE options, but choosing the hands in which to place your child is not something to take lightly. There are certain qualities every parent must look for in a childcare facility - licensing, safety measures, curriculum, and well-trained staff. But what about those qualities sets one facility apart from [...]
SENIOR CITIZENS OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES AT A DIFFICULT crossroads. The direction they choose impacts their financial and personal assets, and their quality of well-being. Often, seniors don't know where to go or who to trust when it comes to making such integral life decisions about where they will live when they can no longer care for [...]
WHEN LAKE MARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL CELEBRATED THE graduation of 175 students in May, the assembled parents weren't the only ones with tears in their eyes. Graduation is always a happy triumph for the faculty and staff, too, who helped the class of 2012 secure more than $2.5 million in college scholarships. Long before they walk across [...]
One of Lake Mary's own recently made her debut in a Broadway-style show with award-winning stage and screen stars Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy. A member of Chicago's legendary Goodman Theatre, Lake Mary Preparatory School graduate Tara Sissom portrayed Pearl in The Iceman Cometh. "The play was written by Eugene O'Neill in 1939, and is a metaphorical [...]
The Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated firm of Ice Legal was founded on the belief that the Goliaths of the world should not be able to run roughshod over the economically disadvantaged Davis-a lofty goal with a lofty purpose in both the trial and appellate arenas throughout the state of Florida. Principles of fairness and equality are defining characteristics [...]
