Older people with Alzheimer's disease are less likely to also have cancer, and older people with cancer are less likely to also have Alzheimer's disease, says a study on the topic that appears in the July 10 online issue ofNeurology, the medical a
Medicaid-covered options to grow under Obamacare; others said underfunded
August 1, 2013
Even as states begin to implement long-term services and supports options in the Affordable Care Act that increase access to Medicaid home and community based services, most states didn't increase funding for non-Medicaid services, says a report by
Addus HealthCare, a national provider of in-home care services operating in Spokane since 1979, helps mainly senior clients with daily-living tasks, and increasingly, long-term care insurance providers are paying at least part of the cost, a here a
Vitamin D-deficient older individuals are more likely to struggle with everyday tasks such as dressing or climbing stairs, says a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism as as
The $20 million Clare View senior housing complex is well under way on Spokane's South Hill. Dave Roberts, senior developer at Spokane Housing Ventures, says the first living units there are slated to be completed this fall. Whitewater Creek Inc.,
The 4 percent rule, which has become a benchmark for retirement planning since the 1990s, might not be so hard and fast after all, some financial advisers here say.For simplicity's sake, the 4 percent rule says a retiree with a nest egg of $1 of
Many homeowners still 'under water;' financial burden sets new record
July 18, 2013
Driven by rising home prices and growing demand, the U.S. housing recovery is well underway, says The State of the Nation's Housing report released last month by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard still at low a
Prominent Coeur d'Alene-based real estate brokerage Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty has opened an office in downtown Coeur d'Alene, says Kelsey Anfenson, the brokerage's office manager.The new office, which occupies 2,500 square feet of is
A McDonald's restaurant is under construction near the main entrance to the Riverstone mixed-use development, at the northwest corner of Lakewood Drive and Northwest Boulevard, in Coeur d'Alene. Associated Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the on
The Francis Avenue bridge that's under construction in northwest Spokane is another step in the Washington state Department of Transportation's long-range project to provide greater transportation safety and mobility through the city of Spokane by