The Spokane-area chapter of an organization named Senior Circle, which promotes healthy lifestyles for those 50 and older, has grown to 500 members since being founded in July 2009, and the woman who founded the chapter says she believes it has the
Personalized postcards or phone calls can be effective in encouraging more seniors to get their annual flu shots, a new review of evidence suggests. Professional facilitators also are successful at urging providers to perform a suite of preventive
The long-standing question of when is the best time to move an elderly adult to an assisted-living facility is being complicated by the poor economy, say those in the retirement industry. With plummeting personal investment portfolios and home a
January 2011 marks a significant milestone for the baby-boomer generation when its first members, born in 1946, begin the year in which they will celebrate their 65th birthdays. The boomers' transition into the years that traditionally denote of
A relatively unknown provision in the massive national health-care bill that became law earlier this year creates the country's first public-option long-term care insurance program, and the program is being eyed with hope and skepticism, depending
Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based real estate development company, says it's developing a 12-lot residential subdivision, named MacKenzie Beach, on the east side of Liberty Lake. The estimated value of the 140-acre development is more $12
In a project that involves Spokane contractors and engineers, a 312-ton metal structure has been lifted from 200 feet beneath the surface of the reservoir behind Boundary Dam, in northeast Washington, to a concrete slab for a year-long, $1.5 dam, a
Board-sports store opens on Hastings Let It Ride, a shop that specializes in snowboards, wakeboards, skateboards, and board-sport related clothing and accessories, has opened at 101 E. Hastings Rd., just east of Mead High in a space in
No matter how intent you might be on not drinking the corporate marketing Kool-Aid, or cider in this case, you can't help but marvel at a company that has developed the near-rabid brand popularity enjoyed by Apple Inc.Consumers' love affair with
Spokane International Airport has begun updating its master plan, a guiding document that covers such topics as a third runway, terminal and parking improvements, and further development on airport land, says airport spokesman Todd Woodard.The &