Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Spokane seniors shine at Bring Your Talent competition

  May 16, 2012 in City on Page A5 Gunnar Wold strapped on his accordion in front of a room full of people at Spokane’s Parkway Village senior community Wednesday. He started playing, but then paused.

• Lincoln County senior facilities must close

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A5 Deep financial losses are forcing the closure of a nursing home in Davenport and an assisted living facility in Wilbur, Wash. The moves will force 42 elderly residents to find … 1

• Town rallies for center

  January 8, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It happens all the time in small towns across America. The last big employer closes up shop and the town slowly fades away. But residents of Fairfield are determined that …

• Health care options expand for when age saps independence

  November 12, 2010 in City on Page A1 A neuromuscular disorder has diminished Paul Dunham’s robust 160-pound frame to a skeletal 83 pounds over the past two decades. Since he was diagnosed with the condition, little pieces of … 7

• Fairfield nursing home may reopen in months

  September 14, 2010 in Business on Page A8 A newly organized nonprofit group is trying to reopen a Fairfield nursing home closed in June by the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. Fairfield Care President Carl Felgenhauer said Good …

• Cooper George gets state order

  October 28, 2009 in City on Page A6 For the second time this year, the state has ordered a Spokane retirement and assisted-living facility to stop placing new residents until it corrects several violations, including failure to report …

• State: Assisted-living facility cannot place new residents

  October 27, 2009 in City For the second time this year, the state has ordered a Spokane retirement and assisted-living facility to stop placing new residents until it corrects several violations, including failure to report …

• Waves of funding cuts imperil nursing homes

  October 5, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 HARTFORD, Conn. – The nation’s nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services – possibly even closing – because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession …

• DSHS finds violations at senior facility

  March 6, 2009 in City on Page A8 No new residents can move into the Cooper George, a retirement and assisted-living facility on Spokane’s South Hill, until the facility ensures that it has a safe medication distribution system …

• State puts hold on admissions to retirement facility

  March 5, 2009 in City No new residents can move into the Cooper George, a retirement and assisted living facility on Spokane’s South Hill, until the facility ensures that it has a safe medication distribution …

• No new residents at Cooper George, state orders

  March 5, 2009 in City No new residents can move into the Cooper George, a retirement and assisted-living facility on Spokane’s South Hill, until the facility ensures that it has a safe medication distribution system …

• Parkway Village’s parent company accused of fraud

  March 3, 2009 in Business Federal regulators on Monday accused Sunwest Management Inc., one of the nation’s largest operators of assisted-living facilities, and its former chief executive of securities fraud in connection with real estate …

• Senior housing campus is sold

  April 5, 2007 in Business on Page A10 A subsidiary of a $35 billion-a-year company has purchased Harbor Crest at Cedar Canyon Estates and is negotiating to buy Northpointe Retirement Community. MBK Senior Living, an offshoot of Mitsui …