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Nursing homes celebrate Veterans Day Nov. 12--In honor of Veterans Day, many nursing homes in the Valley held celebrations for their residents that are veterans, as a way to say 'thank you' for fighting to make America what it is today. Three nursing homes that held celebrations included the Sayre House, Elderwood in Waverly and Ashton Healthcare in Athens. Sayre House The veterans being honored at the Sayre House ...
The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa. - 2008-10-28 09:55:09Pensioners 'being forced to rely on home equity to pay for care'Nov. 11--According to a new poll, the biggest financial priority for a quarter of respondents aged 60+ (24.44%) is ensuring they have enough funds to pay for long term care should they need it. Carried out by Intune, provider of financial products and services for older consumers set up and owned by Help the Aged, the findings also reveal that over one in five (21.34%) worry they will not have sufficient ...
Mature Times - 2008-10-28 09:55:09Youngsters brighten senior facility Nov. 12--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- At the YMCA preschool program, children learn about colors and numbers, wheelchairs and oxygen tanks. Unlike other preschool programs, the 3- and 4-year-olds mingle with the senior citizens who live or undergo treatment at the Wesley Community. Once a week, groups of children leave their classroom to visit seniors in the nursing home wing, the assisted ...
Albany Times Union, N.Y. - 2008-10-28 09:55:09Nursing home residents recognized for positive influence Nov. 11--For most of their lives, Ruby Kale, Ruth Rogers Edgar and Edgar Howard worked to make their community a better place. All three live in nursing homes now, but they continue to make a difference in the lives of other residents. Because of their contributions, they were recognized as "Residents of the Day" by the Family Friends, a group of volunteers who visit nursing home residents ...
The Shelby Star, N.C. - 2008-10-28 09:55:09Arizona Skyline Assisted Living Home grand openingNov. 11--Arizona Skyline Assisted Living Home: Residents Donald and Betty Mittlestaedt take part in the grand opening ribbon cutting along with chamber officers and county officials. Terri Jo Neff/Special to the News-Sun After nine months of construction, training, and inspections, the Arizona Skyline Assisted Living Home recently opened at 311 Saddle Vista Road, located northeast of Benson off Ramsey ...
San Pedro Valley News-Sun - 2008-10-28 09:55:09Kenner assisted living center soughtNov. 11--Developers are proposing an assisted living complex for elderly people at the former site of the Redwood Park apartments in Kenner. Property owner Howie Raymond will present the plan at a public meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Theodore Roosevelt Middle School gymnasium at 3315 Maine St. Raymond said the assisted living complex would occupy four acres of the 15-acre Redwood site, the subject ...
NOLA Live - 2008-10-28 09:55:09Hormone Shows Promise in Reversing Alzheimer's and StrokeNov. 11--Newswise Saint Louis University researchers have identified a novel way of getting a potential treatment for Alzheimer s disease and stroke into the brain where it can do its work. We found a unique approach for delivering drugs to the brain, says William A. Banks, M.D., professor of geriatrics and pharmacological and physiological science at Saint Louis University. We re turning off the guardian ...
Newswise - 2008-10-28 09:55:09SeniorBridge Now Provides Nationwide Care Management With RBA...Nov. 11--New York--(Business Wire)--SeniorBridge, the leading provider of professional services for individuals and families requiring care for chronic health conditions at home, is now able to provide high-quality care management services from coast to coast. Through the acquisition of Rona Bartlestone Home Healthcare, a licensed homecare agency located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, SeniorBridge now ...
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