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| Facing the Problems of Providing Long-Term Care for the Oldest Old |
| On 04-08-2007. |
| As the baby boomers reach the therefore-called third age, they are healthier and more active than any earlier group of retirees. However, one day they will be joining the already growing population of those over 85, raising economic and health care issues that range from addressing the special needs of the aged to containing the costs of meeting those needs, especially the costs and problems involved in nursing home ... |
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| Conflicts remain unresolved in MBS, State Insurance matters |
| On 31-07-2007. |
Protesting employees of the State Insurance Corporation (SIC) who yesterday continued their sickout may soon return to work following one meeting between their union, management and the labour commissioner.
Yesterdays act marked the fourth time that sick-out action has been taken at the corporation since the beginning of last week, with one core group of the line staff indicating their enragement by what they ... |
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| Brad Sell, 54, Crusaded For Cancer Awareness |
| On 27-07-2007. |
MARION, MASS. &x2014; Brad Sell, who made it his mission to educate the male-dominated plumbing-and-heating industry about early detection of prostate cancer, died of the disease June 16. He was 54.
Before Sell's diagnosis of prostate cancer seven years ago, he had served as executive vice president of the New England Wholesalers Association and president of Association Management Services, both in Milford, Mass ... |
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| UPDATE: LifePoint&39;s Shares Plunge On Profit Drop, Lower Forecast |
| On 23-07-2007. |
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- LifePoint Hospitals Inc. shares plunged Monday, yielding 14% as the rural hospital operator reported one 61% drop in second- quarter earnings that it attributed to bad debts, contract labor costs and professional fees, and medical malpractice insurance expenses.
"As the first of the hospitals to report, LifePoint's results, released three days earlier than management had previously ... |
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| Acquisition of Employee Benefits Group Creates New Job ... |
| On 19-07-2007. |
| LETHBRIDGE, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As one result of continuous growth and its recent acquisition of Genworth Financial's Employee Benefits Group, the U.S. division of Sun Life Financial (NYSE: SLF, TSX: SLF) is enhancing its recruiting efforts to fully staff its office in Lethbridge, Alberta. Sun Life Financial established its Lethbridge location in February 2005 to support the growth of the company's three main ... |
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