Special Learning, Inc.,a comprehensive autism solutions company, today announced that they will be hosting the second of their free live webinar series entitled “Lunch With An Expert”. This 60-minute forum will discuss the topic of “Applied Behavior Analysis at Home and School” which will be broadcasted on January 31 at 12pm (EST). This content-rich webinar is another offering from Special Learning, Inc. as part of its mission of providing free valuable information, products and services to support the needs of parents, educators and providers. This forum is aimed at parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, and others who want to learn more about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
The speaker for this live webinar is Ms. Erin Lombard, M.Ed., BCBA, a behavior consultant with over 12 years of experience in working with children with autism and developmental disabilities in homes, schools, and center based programs. She will discuss and share her expertise on the area of ABA in regards to home based program treatment, in classroom setting, and the creation of daily teachable moments for children with autism.
About the speaker
Erin Lombard is a Board Certified Bahavior Analyst currently working with Step by Step Academy in Ohio and a certified Special Education educator currently teaching graduate level Positive Bahavior Support courses at Northern Arizona University. She holds an undergraduate degree in Child and Adolescent Studies and a master’s degree in Special Education obtained in California State University and University of North Texas respectively. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Psychology at Capella University.
About Special Learning (http://www.special-learning.com)
Special Learning is dedicated to becoming the global leader for autism and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) solutions by leveraging technology to offer every person diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) attain an abundant and fulfilling life. Through their comprehensive information and resource portal, Special Learning provides the global autism community with a broad range of valuable resources, web-based and downloadable tools, ABA training and education products, and professional services designed to empower parents, teachers and providers so that they can help individuals with autism move up the skills spectrum intuitively, successfully and affordably.
Exhale Mind Body Studio Set to Open its First Connecticut Location on Stamford’s Beautiful Harbor Point Waterfront
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Stamford, CT (PRWEB) December 07, 2011
The ultimate fitness oasis, Exhale Mind Body Studio is poised to open its doors this February at Harbor Point, a dynamic new community transforming Stamford’s historic South End with a unique mix of metropolitan vibrancy and waterfront beauty. Exhale’s new Harbor Point studio marks its first in Connecticut and its nineteenth across the globe which include locations in Manhattan, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Turks and Caicos.
“We are excited to be bringing one of the country’s premier fitness oasis to Harbor Point,” said Carl Kuehner III, CEO of Building and Land Technology, the Stamford-based real estate development firm behind Harbor Point. “Residents and tenants of Harbor Point and visitors to the area will have a world-class fitness facility right at their doorstep as they live, work and play.”
The word around the city is of eager anticipation for the arrival of Exhale, a revolutionary and widely acclaimed new breed of lifestyle fitness, taking a mind body approach to the paradigm of overall wellbeing. Honored with numerous awards and accolades, and voted “Traveler’s Choice: Relaxation + Spa” on Tripadvisor.com, Exhale has a loyal following of devotees, some of whom even tailor their travel itineraries around Exhale Studio locations.
Exhale Founder and CEO Annbeth Eschbach explains the principles behind the company’s uniqueness and remarkable success, which began in 2002 with the opening of the New York location, now long a celebrity favorite. “Our philosophy is to provide our members and guests a truly transformative lifestyle experience through our focus on the mind body connection in our exclusive wellness programs and specialized treatments.”
Fashioned as a tranquil sanctuary, Exhale’s exquisite 9,000-square-foot Harbor Point space will provide amenities including a Core Fusion® studio, yoga studio, Core Cycling studio, and luxury gym in addition to a boutique stocked with exclusive apparel, skincare, and wellness products. Exhale carries the concept of Harbor Point one step further in this “Smart Growth” community designed as a place to live, work, and play, and is the perfect complement to Harbor Point’s stylish residences, Class-A offices, hotels, shops, and restaurants.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to open our newest studio at Harbor Point, a place that perfectly fits our vision,” said Ms. Eschbach. “On the waterfront and only two blocks from Stamford’s Amtrak/Metro North train station and Interstate 95, Exhale Mind Body Studio is located at 2200 Atlantic Street in the heart of Harbor Point, a community renowned as the city’s rising star.
Exhale will offer monthly memberships, class packages, single class rates, private training sessions, spa appointments, and special workshops and events at its new Harbor Point studio. For more information, please visit the website at exhalespa.com or visit Exhale at the Harbor Point Welcome Center located at 115 Towne Street, next to Fairway Market.
About BLT
A second-generation real estate development company, Connecticut-based Building and Land Technology has completed ventures worth more than $ 3 billion including over 4 million square feet of commercial development and 4,500+ residential units. BLT trophy properties host the headquarters for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Gen Re, GE Commercial Finance, Diageo, GE Real Estate, Xerox, GE Energy Financial Services, XL, Hewitt, Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, Design Within Reach and Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy. Their numerous office parks, apartment complexes, single-family subdivisions, common interest communities and adaptive reuse projects total in excess of 8,000,000 square feet of development. For more information, visit the website at BLToffice.com.
About exhale:
Since its inception in 2003, exhale has earned a position as the leading lifestyle brand in the spa and wellness space. exhale offers unparalleled, transformational mind body programs within an inspiring yet relaxing spa setting. Continuously delivering best-in-class spa therapies and yoga and core fusion classes, exhale currently operates 19 properties and plans to grow its well-being paradigm in prestigious and philosophically aligned resorts, residential hotel developments and strategic partnerships.
VIP Corporate Housing Expands into Chicago and Appoints Corporate Housing Industry Leader
St. Louis, Missouri (PRWEB) December 08, 2011
VIP Corporate Housing, LLC, a Midwest leader in executive short term housing based in St. Louis, recently announced their expansion into the Chicago temporary housing market. With the result of this expansion, VIP can now offer its clients and guests supremely comfortable and inspiring furnished residences in Chicago.
In order to facilitate this expansion, VIP Corporate Housing appointed Kevin Killoren as Partner. With over 18 years’ experience in corporate housing and hospitality as an owner-operator and senior member of a global provider, Killoren is charged with leading the expansion and locally overseeing all Chicago area corporate housing business.
“Kevin brings a unique combination of skill and industry knowledge along with an entrepreneurial approach driven by customer-centric values, philosophies, and ideas that are aligned with VIPs core foundation,” said Jim Lich, President of VIP Corporate Housing. “Expanding our brand to chicago has long been a goal of ours at VIP Corporate Housing and by our expansion we are assuring our Chicago customers they will be provided with local cutting-edge technology, designer product offerings, and our innovative range of services at over 50 select locations in the Chicagoland area.”
In addition to high scale apartments, VIP Corporate Housing offers a myriad of services designed to cater to the busy business professional. These services include concierge services, dry cleaning, grocery services, housekeeping, car rental, health club memberships, entertainment system upgrades and more.
“Our goal is to offer the best possible services in the widest range of areas to help Chicago professionals find a home away from home in a VIP Corporate Housing apartment,” said Lich.
For more information about VIP Corporate Housing’s Chicago locations and services, please visit http://www.vipcorporatehousing.com/chicago-illinois-corporate-housing-properties.asp.
About VIP Corporate Housing
VIP Corporate Housing is one of the largest temporary and corporate housing providers in the Midwest offering luxury apartments that are a step above the traditional extended stay facility. Each VIP apartment features fully furnished and well-appointed living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens. With designer furniture packages, office technology and entertainment systems, VIP Corporate Housing apartments are designed to be as close to the comforts and luxuries of home as possible. Packages can also be customized to individual needs.
For more information, please visit http://www.vipcorporatehousing.com or call 1-(855) STAY VIP.
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CovenantCare at Home Helps 99-Year-Old Woman Stay Out of the Hospital; Home health care could save $ 17 billion annually in hospital readmissions Medicare costs
Hildred is 99 years old; like most people her age, she has medical conditions. Arthritis, hypertension, macular degeneration, hyperthyroidism and the most critical, congestive heart failure (CHF).
But when you visit her, you’d never know it. She fills her bird feeders outside her beautiful apartment in Windsor Park, a Covenant Retirement Community and takes daily walks around the grounds. She writes poetry, creates artwork that adorns her walls, is still active in the book club she started, and has lunch and dinner with friends.
She doesn’t look, or act, her age; more like someone at least 20 years younger.
What has kept Hildred from being admitted to the hospital, where the average Medicare cost of treating CHF is $ 20,000, is a small care team – her daughter, a doctor who didn’t just “automatically” admit her when her CHF symptoms worsened, and a nurse and nursing aide who manage and monitor her medications and overall health conditions every day. Her home care typically costs $ 152 per week.
If everyone had care like this, Medicare estimates its savings from hospital readmissions alone would be $ 17 billion annually. In fact, it is now rolling out a national program that will support better communication among aftercare providers and, starting next year, penalizing hospitals that underperform on hospital readmission rates. (See related fact sheet: http://www.covenantcareathome.org/resources-news/press-releases/home-health-care-a-cost-savings-solution-for-medicare-senior-rehospitalizations/)
“I think I’ve done it myself,” says Hildred, the very independent former teacher, mother of two, grandmother of four and great grandmother of five, when first asked how she’s been able to stay out of the hospital. But then, she admits, “Well, I have to give the nurses some credit. If there is anything wrong, they’re onto it immediately. They come to my apartment every day and also call me. They have been very good in keeping a relationship with how I’m feeling and noticing things that may need attention.”
CHF is a chronic illness, one of three leading causes of hospitalization among the elderly. “It goes from stabilized to recurrence of symptoms very rapidly,” explains her registered nurse, Rosann Forni of CovenantCare at Home.
In April, Rosann noticed that Hildred had shortness of breath, swelling in her legs, fluid retention and changes in her blood pressure. She immediately contacted Hildred’s daughter Carol, who lives an hour’s drive away, and then her physician, Dr. Kenneth Ha.
“When she came in, I suspected CHF and confirmed that,” explained Dr. Ha. “We could either admit her to the hospital or try to treat her as an outpatient. In cases like this, hospitals can be almost counterproductive at times. For the geriatric population, there can be issues with increased confusion of the patient, and a prolonged stay can lead to physical problems and the risk of infection. So, initially I decided to treat her with medications.”
Dr. Ha said that having home health care was ideal for Hildred’s situation. “For the next month or two, there was a good amount of going back and forth” with Rosann, adjusting Hildred’s medications and monitoring her conditions every day.
In fact, says Dr. Ha, “Medication monitoring is huge in treating the geriatric population. At first, patients are resistant to having help because they want to retain their independence. The first step is getting them to realize that they need someone to help them. Otherwise they’ll say, ‘I’ll take care of myself now; I’m not going to pick up the phone and call you.’ But they could be very sick.”
Dr. Ha relies on home health care to monitor his patients. “I just feel like it’s almost impossible to deal with elderly patients the way you should without it. Rosann is my eyes when I can’t be there,” he said.
Hildred’s CHF is in remission now. This has enabled her to stay in her Windsor Park apartment, where she has lived for 22 years. “Of course, you want to stay in your own home,” she says. And, countless studies show that the elderly recover faster and enjoy a better quality of life if they are able to stay at home.
“It is a wonderful life here at Windsor,” she concludes.
One that her healthcare team is committed to maintain.
About CovenantCare at Home
CovenantCare at Home is a non-profit, Chicago based, Medicare-certified Home Health, Hospice, and Personal Care healthcare provider. It is affiliated with Covenant Retirement Communities (CRC), one of the largest networks of residential communities for seniors in the country. CovenantCare is also a medical partner to hospitals, physicians, and residential care facilities to provide Medicare–certified skilled healthcare, personal care and hospice services – with a focus on patient-centered care and teamwork among all medical providers.
CovenantCare’s services are grounded in a 125-year Christian heritage of service and healthcare outreach. For more information about Hospice of CovenantCare and Covenant Care at Home, visit http://www.CovenantCareatHome.org.
Malman Law announced Friday that it successfully settled a record number of nursing home-related cases in 2011.
Thanks to the tireless work of its highly focused Nursing Home Team (including four attorneys, three paralegals and several administrative staffers), the targeting of elder care facilities guilty of neglect, physical abuse and worse has “become a huge part of our firm,” according to founding partner Steven Malman.
“This is a complicated and emotional issue,” the attorney said. “But the bottom line is this: There are over 5,000 nursing homes in Illinois and the majority is centered in and around Chicago. They’re run by a handful of families and large corporations that manage these facilities as cheaply as possible to generate the biggest profit, and as a result, in many cases, the patients are truly suffering.”
Malman cited “an overall system of incredibly poor care” and blamed drastic Medicare and Medicaid cuts over the years that have “reduced the profitability of these homes to the point where the only way to be profitable is to cut staff.”
“This really stems from a lack of money provided by the government,” he noted. “But the truth is, most of these homes are putting profitability first.”
Combined with various societal and economic factors – including longer life spans and a nursing home population that’s exploding as the elderly relocate to the dense Chicago area to be closer to their kids – it’s a “recipe for disaster,” the attorney added. Poor training, insufficient supplies and generally substandard care have left elderly patients to suffer everything from bed sores and malnutrition to physical and sexual abuse.
It’s also encouraged Malman Law to create its Nursing Home Team, which according to Malman has quickly pushed the firm to the top of Chicago’s heap in terms of nursing home-related lawsuits filed and successfully settled.
“We opened a record number of nursing home cases this year, and resolved more of them than ever before,” Steven Malman said. “There were stretches where we were in mediations and successfully resolved three or four cases a day.”
After learning about the “ongoing problem” at many chicago-area nursing homes about seven years ago, his firm “started realizing what we could do in this area,” Malman added. Soon, Malman Law made a name for itself by winning half-a-dozen other high-profile nursing home-related cases, and this year it officially christened its dedicated Nursing Home Team – including one attorney who has focused exclusively on nursing home cases over the past seven years and another who previously worked as a defense attorney for elder-care facilities.
“It’s like we’re in a football game, and now I have the other team’s playbook,” Steven Malman noted of that former defense attorney. “We know everything they’re going to try because we have her on our side.”
Not every nursing home is poorly run, the attorney said, and many obviously put their patients’ wellbeing first. But there are many out there that “just don’t care,” he added, and the formidable Nursing Home Team packs exactly the right legal punch to take on a “corrupt nursing home system that’s causing so much hardship and pain for so many people.”
It proved that in 2011, he said, and will continue to do so in 2012.
“I expect the Nursing Home Team will be very busy next year,” Steven Malman said. “This is a problem of epidemic proportions. Not only are so many of these nursing homes poorly run, but they have significant legal resources to cover their tracks. You need significant legal resources to counter that, and that’s precisely what our Nursing Home Team offers.
“This is about the proper care of our elderly parents and grandparents, and it’s about justice,” he added. “It’s not going to be so easy for these profit-first managers anymore.”
About Malman Law
Steven Malman graduated from of the University of Iowa and the School of Law at Loyola University-Chicago, and celebrated his 20th year of legal practice in November 2011. Since Malman Law launched in 1994 (with just Malman, one secretary and one assistant), it has grown to include seven attorneys and over a dozen paralegals and administrative staff. The firm has successfully resolved over 8,000 cases, primarily in the areas of workers’ compensation and personal injury, and boasts a 95-percent out-of-court settlement rate. With numerous seven-digit personal injury verdicts to its credit, Malman Law is one the most successful firms serving clients in Illinois’ Cook, Lake, Dupage and Will counties.
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LifeStorage, Chicago self storage provider for home and business, records management and office solutions, currently holds auctions bi-monthly at its 17 Chicagoland locations, but starting January of 2012, auctions will take place every month. LifeStorage is also experimenting with online unit auctions. Currently, three LifeStorage locations have units online up for bid. For LifeStorage, it’s a new way to auction that can potentially reach a much larger audience of bidders.
“We’re trying to see what the market is like for online bidding. It’s a different way of doing things and we’re researching it to see how effective it is. For bidders, there are pros and cons. Not having to leave your desk is definitely a plus, but you don’t quite get the same experience as you do in person. You can’t tell as much about the contents of a unit from a computer,” said Matt Clark, Vice President of Operations for LifeStorage, and a 12-year veteran of the storage industry and auction process.
The auction is the worst-case scenario of renting a storage unit, but also one of the more intriguing aspects of running a storage company. If a tenant is 30 days late on their rent, a lien is placed on the storage space and payment is demanded. LifeStorage tries to give its customers every opportunity to make payment, so while the process starts within the first month after a renter becomes delinquent, units aren’t auctioned until a renter is at least two months late.
“We notify them via mail, phone, attempt to contact them by email if provided, and also post an advertisement of the auction in a local newspaper twice before the auction is held. We make regular phone calls until the moment a unit is sold. At LifeStorage, we do everything within our ability to contact our customers to try and work out a payment plan before we sell their items at auction. It’s only a last resort that we hold public auctions to reclaim a rental space. We also do everything within our power to have personal items returned, like photos, birth certificates, wedding albums, anything of a very personal nature, we try very hard to convince the buyers to return those possessions, and no other company does that. We have a heart,” Clark said.
Storage auctions have become something of a fad of late, with multiple television shows covering the subject. The auction process is fairly straightforward. Illinois has very stringent guidelines that LifeStorage follows regarding restrictions, notifications and advertisements that need to be placed before an auction is held. Once on site, the rules are announced to bidders, who are then allowed to view a unit’s contents for about five minutes without actually entering the space. Then the live bidding takes place and the unit is sold to the highest bidder.
“It surprises me, even after twelve years, what some of the regulars can see. Jewelry boxes hidden in the back, boxes of brand new merchandise, antiques the people that are experts at this have a source to resell all of the stuff they find. They have a system and it’s really impressive how they can make a living at this,” Clark said.
For a list of upcoming LifeStorage auctions, please visit LifeStorage facebook page and look for the events tab or follow LifeStorage on twitter.
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