Have you ever wondered whatever happened to the days when employees worked for a company for life, where employers considered their people the company's most valuable asset, and a strong bond of loyalty existed between employers and employees? most
Labor department survey shows coverage increase for first time since 2002
March 1, 2012
Idaho employers reversed an eight-year decline in workplace health care coverage in 2011 despite the financial pressures of coming out of the worst recession since World War II.The Idaho Department of Labor's 2011 Fringe Benefit Survey found 66
Fairchild Air Force Base, home to a population exceeding 8,600, offers a hub of college options on the base within its Professional Development Center. While one school, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is ending its program at four The
Sure, these agents carry sidearms, but they take down criminals with spreadsheets.As part of an investigative course held biennially at Whitworth University, special agents with the Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service a a
Computerized tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is comparable to standard colonoscopy in its ability to accurately detect cancer and precancerous polyps in people ages 65 and older, says a paper published online last month
On Site for Seniors, a Coeur d'Alene-based mobile primary medical-care provider, recently started a test pilot program to evaluate an integrated-care approach for its elderly clients who are recovering from a medical procedure.Lynne Martin, On a
Riverview Retirement Community, the big senior complex at 1801 E. Upriver Drive, plans to construct a $4.2 million aquatics and fitness center that will be three times the size of its current facility.The 13,000-square-foot facility will feature
It's a scenario played out all too frequently: Adult children, worried about the safety of their aging parents, foist devices on them to monitor their safety. And their parents, resentful of having their privacy invaded and losing their resist a of
Older women with weaker circadian rhythms, who are less physically active or are more active later in the day, are more likely to develop dementia or mild cognitive impairment than women who have a more robust circadian rhythm or are more active in
Taking care of others is Darcy Antles' true passion, although she says she didn't discover that personal calling until much later in her life. Antles now owns the Spokane-area franchise of Comfort Keepers, a Dayton, Ohio-based in-home, service a