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• Rates keep rising, and long-term care insurers hold the reins

  December 28, 2011 in City on Page A5 John Thielbahr got an unpleasant holiday surprise this year: an enormous increase in the “level” premiums for his long-term care insurance policy. Within a couple of weeks, he and his … 12

• Measure would extend care workers’ training, more

  October 30, 2011 in City on Page B1 For the second time in four years, Washington voters are being asked to set tougher standards for the people who care for some of the state’s most vulnerable residents. But … 1

• Independent-minded Dunham dies at 83

  November 16, 2010 in City on Page A5 Paul Dunham, the subject of a Spokesman-Review story Friday on the deeply held desire of many seniors to grow old in their own homes, died Monday. Dunham had lived in …

• Volunteer long-term care ombudsmen sought

  August 19, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S4 Long Term Care Ombudsmen are needed to volunteer in the north Spokane area.

• The high cost of living

  April 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 Jim Sinnott survived Pearl Harbor, joined his nation in picking up the pieces of that shattered day and helped his generation forge a more secure world for the next. Japanese … 23