ResCare (NASDAQ: RSCR), a leading provider of residential, training, therapeutic, educational and support services for people with barriers to employment and special needs, recently announced that it is re-branding its operations in the United Kingdom to better reflect expansion and diversification plans in the UK. In late 2007, ResCare purchased the workforce service operations of […]

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The Associated Press ran an article about Millvina Dean, a 2 month old infant at the time the Titantic sank and 96 years old in 2008, and her need to auction off some of here momentos to pay for her nursing home fees.  Even though she lives in Britain and has free health care, she […]

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Seniors that want a health lifestyle may want to head north to Canada to get access to taxpayer-funded outdoor gyms where they can do squats, chest presses and even tai chi as part of the ActNow program enacted this past year.  These facilities will be spread out across provinces and will enlist local senior groups […]

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Dirty old men.  They exist but how about indecent proposals from an 85 year old man to a member of a nursing home’s staff?  What do you do, chastise the resident or pick up the phone and dial a prostitute?  If you’re a nursing home director in Amsterdam, that’s exactly what you do. 

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Canada’s senior population continues to grow and the province of New Brunswick is experiencing a major shortage in the availability of senior housing to meet the needs of its citizens.  The Shannex New Brunswick development will create 216 nursing home beds in the next two years as part of a 3 building campus.  The area’s […]

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With the cost of Senior Housing and Long Term Care facilities being discussed and debated, why not consider living in 700 square feet on a major cruise line?  A cruise that is a self-contained lifestyle community, complete with restaurants, theaters, fitness center, library and a new view every day…sound tempting?  Shuffleboard, exercise classes, bridge, gambling, […]

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