Pine Ridge workers trained in 'Meaningful Moments'
April 21, 2016
Sandy Davidson, administrator at Pine Ridge Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Spokane Valley, says a key part of caring for patients there involves learning about their histories so as to be able to help them recall and share past memories.
For the past six years, senior move management company Smooth Transitions of the Inland Northwest LLC has been helping seniors to make some of life's hardest transitions.
Owner DeAnne Wilfong says her company completes up to 52 moves each year, offerin
As of last week Rockwood Retirement Communities representatives felt they were within days of obtaining occupancy permits to begin moving residents into the second through fourth floors of the new $51 million, 11-story Summit Tower on the Rockwood South H
Senior caregiver Judy Cornish realized a few years ago that her dementia patients relaxed more if she chatted with them regularly about what was happening.
Her friendly bantering used intentional words giving clients needed information to offset their l
The growing, processing, and retail selling of marijuana has been legal in Washington state for just under two years, and during that time, the Journal has endeavored to report on the once-illegal activities as we would any other emerging industry.
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If Spokane County is to enjoy strong economic growth in the years to come, one of the key steps it can take to fortify that effort-and to elevate the area's image among companies considering locating here-is being aggressive about addressing crime a
Datarang LLC, a Spokane Valley-based cloud computing company, says it has finalized an agreement to acquire the cloud services clients of Easy Desk LLC, another Spokane cloud service provider.
Datarang co-founder and CEO Eric Phillips says that with the
Premera Blue Cross has eliminated 33 positions in its Spokane operation as part of a larger restructuring in which the Mountlake Terrace, Wash-based health plan provider has confirmed the layoff of 165 employees in all.
Tom Messick, vice president and g
Seattle-based Merriman Wealth Management LLC has acquired Summit Capital Management LLC, with offices in Spokane and Seattle.
The acquisition, which took effect April 1, is part of Merriman's overall regional growth strategy. Summit Capital will assum