Washougal senior living facility to add 14 apartments
Columbia Ridge Senior Living facility in Washougal will host a 1 p.m. public ground-breaking ceremony today to celebrate the construction start of a $2.1 million addition.

Senior living complex planned at Perrysburg church site
PERRYSBURG - The Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, in conjunction with the Catholic Diocese of Toledo, have announced preliminary...

Bickford Senior Living to host holiday event
Residents at Bickford Senior Living welcome people from throughout the Iowa City community to come 'Home for the Holidays,' with a three-day event at the senior housing community.

Business roundup: New owner for assisted living facility and more
Bakersfield assisted living facility Laurel Springs has been purchased by Emeritus Senior Living, a Seattle-based senior living communities operator. The business at 8100 Westwold Drive was renamed Emeritus at Bakersfield upon Emeritus's purchase of the business, effective Monday, from Salem, Ore.-based Sunwest Management Inc. No staffing changes were made as part of the transition, but the new ...

Living with Cancer
Senior writers Lindy Was hburn and Leslie Brody have shared a corner of the newsroom for years. Now they're sharing one of life's hardest journeys.

Belton senior citizen living in water-well pump house
A Bell County organization says it doesn't want any senior citizens living in sub-standard housing.

University students ensure senior citizens are not alone for holidays
Area senior citizens are getting the chance to have their own social network, much like Facebook without the computers, as well as a friendly face to share the holidays with. Students enrolled in Civic Engagement in Active Living, AHS 399, partnered with Provena Covenant Medical Center's program Senior Support Services to insure that local senior citizens would not spend the holiday season ...

Senior services of the Chathams depend on donations
CHATHAM TWP. ? Senior Services of the Chathams is asking the public for donations to help make a difference in a senior?s life.

Progress building on upscale senior apartments
The count is six up, two to go, at Graystone Court in Richland Township. Six floors of the eight-story senior living apartment building are complete. But it will take another year to finish the ambitious project.

Two more Sunwest assisted living homes in Oregon file for bankruptcy
Two more Oregon assisted living homes owned by principals of Sunwest Management in Salem filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. Portland Senior Living LLC, doing business as Hawthorne Gardens Assisted Living Community in Southeast Portland, and Stayton S.W. Assisted Living, doing...

DELIGHTFUL: Triad Baptist Church incorporates humor, drama into Living Christmas Tree show
In the opening scene of Triad Baptist Church's Living Christmas Tree performance, a phone rings incessantly as a family struggles to get ready for a Christmas-pageant dress rehearsal.

Princeton U. senior gets prestigious scholarship
Princeton University student Michael Shih, a senior in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been named as one of 40 American college students awarded 2009 Marshall Scholarships.

Marilla Looks to Allow Senior Housing
Town of Marilla officials are inching closer to creating zoning ordinance legislation that would pave the way for at least one senior housing complex. With the work of a successful local developer, it seems likely that "senior" housing could eventually become a reality in this agricultural community of just over 6,000 residents.

Silver Alert Helps Keep Senior Citizens Safe
(ARA) - If you've got a senior citizen in your life suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's disease, you probably worry about them wandering away and not being able to find their way home. A new law that addresses this issue is under consideration right now.

West Monroe Guest House beefs up security
Older Americans living in senior housing facilities are among the most vulnerable to crime, but those living at the West Monroe Guest House now have another blanket of protection.

Senior housing project could be back on track
BENNINGTON - A new firm is looking to take control of a senior housing project proposed at the former middle school on Main Street now that the current owner is facing threats of foreclosure and demolition.

Affordable housing could benefit seniors: But will Falmouth be affordable for staff?
In a town where more than 25 percent of the population is past the age of 60, affordable, assisted-living housing for seniors is a subject sure to spark interest. Which is why a proposal presented by Atria Senior Housing is receiving close scrutiny.

Van de Velde: One test can solve the case
WASHINGTON Ten years ago today, one of my Yale senior essay students, Suzanne Jovin, was stabbed and left for dead on a street corner four blocks from where I was living in New Haven. The investigation into her murder became a circus. Yale and the New Haven Police publicly labeled me a suspect in the crime, only to be forced to admit years later that I wasn?t really a suspect and that DNA, ...

Cheryl Rowley Design Enters Luxury Senior Living Market
Los Angeles firm Cheryl Rowley Design is expanding into the luxury senior living market with Maravilla, adjacent to the Fairmont Scottsdale Resort. Scheduled to open in 2011, the project will comprise one-, two-, and three-bedroom luxury apartments and casitas.

Lake Forest sues over tax status
PLATTSBURGH ? As expected, Lake Forest Senior Living Community Inc. has gone to court over its tax status. Lake Forest attorneys recently filed a motion in State Supreme Court regarding the City of Plattsburgh's decision to put the retirement facility on the tax rolls.