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Design venture here aims to help seniors live at home longer

Aging in Place Designs offers services intended to ease the aging process
July 14, 2011
Chey Scott
A new business in Spokane seeks to assist homeowners in making changes to their home to allow them to live there longer as they age.Aging in Place Designs LLC is a small venture that was formed by interior designer Jane Barry and landscape Bob A
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Study: Agitation in dementia patients has biological basis

Research says sundowning caused by changes in brain, not frustration, emotions
July 14, 2011
News Wise
New research claims to provide the best evidence to date that the late-day anxiety and agitation sometimes seen in older institutionalized adults, especially those with dementia, has a biological basis in the brain.The findings could help a in a
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Agency prepares for 'gray tsunami'

New four-year plan tightens focus on meeting needs of boomers soon to be seniors
July 14, 2011
Treva Lind
Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington, the Spokane-based agency that provides a range of services aimed at promoting the well-being and independence of older people in a five-county area, is intensifying its focus on the anticipated needs of
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64-bed facility is planned in north Cd'A

$1 million, 32-bed first phase of new assisted-living center to be finished late this year
July 14, 2011
Treva Lind
Hayden Valley Assisted Living Inc., which owns and operates an assisted-living facility in Hayden, Idaho, is developing the first phase of the Bristol Heights Assisted Living complex in north Coeur d'Alene. Tom Tanner, who owns Hayden Valley his
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Cheney middle school rises - Art only

July 14, 2011
One of Cheney School District's two new middle schools rises at 740 Betz Road, north of the current middle school site in Cheney. Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. is the contractor on the $26.4 million project, and NAC|Architecture, of it.
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Acme to begin improving Indiana-Sullivan junction

Intersection near Valley mall will be redone in concrete to withstand heavy traffic
July 14, 2011
Chey Scott
Acme Concrete Paving Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to do about $1 million worth of reconstruction work at the intersection of Sullivan Road and Indiana Avenue, just north of Interstate 90 and east of the Spokane Valley Mall. That
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Holy Family adds program for substance withdrawal

North Side hospital joins with New Vision to offer inpatient care to addicts
July 14, 2011
Treva Lind
Providence Holy Family Hospital has started offering a new inpatient treatment program for patients who are experiencing acute withdrawal symptoms from alcohol or drug use.In May, the hospital launched what are called medical stabilization for
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Appellate court upholds Spokane billboard ruling

Building owners had right to terminate rooftop lease with Lamar, panel says
July 14, 2011
Chey Scott
A Spokane-based appellate court panel has rejected an effort by Baton Rouge, La.-based Lamar Outdoor Advertising Co. to overturn the termination of a lease for a prominently located downtown billboard. The panel upheld a Spokane County Superior
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Ferraros establish third Spokane-area restaurant

Old Dewey Cheatam site along Division to become Dewey's Burgers & Brew
July 14, 2011
Treva Lind
Spokane-area restaurateurs Pat and Diane Ferraro have leased the former Dewey, Cheatam & Howe restaurant site, at 3022 N. Division, and plan to open a new business, Dewey's Burgers & Brew Inc., there later this month.The Ferraros also owns at E.
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