Seniors fight post-hurricane heat with Popsicles, compresses

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Florida seniors shuffled out of stifling assisted-living centers Thursday while caregivers fought a lack of air conditioning with Popsicles and cool compresses after eight people died at a nursing home in the post-hurricane heat.
Dozens of the state’s senior centers still lacked electricity days after Hurricane Irma hit the state, and several facilities were forced to evacuate. While detectives sought clues to the deaths, emergency workers went door t