Members of SEIU 6434, United Long-Term Care Workers’ Union have negotiated new collective bargaining agreements that will make improvements for hundreds of caregivers and the residents in their care at several California nursing homes. In all, seven new contracts covering over 700 workers provide on average wage increases of $1.50/hr over three years, employer contributions […]

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Aegis Living, a national leader in retirement, assisted living, and memory care communities, recently announced the recent purchase of a property in Bellevue, Washington. The Bellevue location is the latest addition for the company, which has implemented a growth plan to serve the increasing needs for retirement communities throughout the West Coast. Set to open […]

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An article from the Mercury News in California reported that when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed the state budget, he cut funding for the local  departments that investigates nursing home complaints.  The $35,000 cut from a $200,000 budget seems rather small for the Santa Cruz an San Benito areas but the local administrator of the […]

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The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association recently announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved a single national loan limit of $417,000 for federally insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) reverse mortgages. The new, higher lending limit will enable borrowers to obtain a substantially greater benefit from their homes, if their home […]

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uWink, an entertainment and hospitality software company, has partnered with InSite Development, a leading developer of senior housing communities, have launched a revolutionary interactive game and entertainment facility at InSite’s Arbor Court, a ground-breaking senior housing community in Lancaster, California. This onsite amenity is an unprecedented effort to stave off the ravages of old age, […]

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Last week the National Association of Realtors released its existing home sales number for August and it showed that sales of existing homes fell 2.2% in August from the previous month and that the median home price was $203,100 in August, down 9.5% from the year before. 10% decline from last year on a national […]

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