Sarah Friar departs Square to lead social network Nextdoor as CEO

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Former Square chief financial officer Sarah Friar is joining neighborhood-based social network Nextdoor as its new chief executive officer. Continue reading →

What does the end of Google Plus mean for real estate agents?

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What does the termination of Google Plus mean for real estate agents? For those of us who swore by it, the announcement comes as a major disappointment. Here’s why. Continue reading →

Agent uses Facebook to track down thief who stole client’s family heirlooms at open house

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When broker Haley Larson got a tearful call about her client’s family jewelry going missing, she knew she had to do something. Continue reading →

Can Bundled Medical Payments Save You Money?

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Two of the most upsetting things for patients are the high cost of health care and the surprise — sometimes indecipherable, sometimes nonstop — hospital bills. But something known as “bundled medical payments” might relieve both of those and possibly p… Continue reading →

Finding Creative Opportunities After Retiring

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Tone deaf? Turned off by a blank canvas? Two left feet? The arts enhance the lives of older adults, but even if you have no desire to sing, play an instrument, paint a picture or take up the tango, many other options for expressing creativity exist. Th… Continue reading →

Alzheimer’s Anthems, Sung by Those With and Around the Disease

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“There is no wrong in this room.” These are the soothing words of Jeanie Brindley-Barnett, a seasoned director, to the portion of the Giving Voice Chorus rehearsing on a Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis. Brindley-Barnett is no stranger to working wit… Continue reading →

Congress Targets Misuse of Hospice Opioid Medications

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(This article appeared previously in Kaiser Health News.) Hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients’ unneeded opioids, reducing the risk that families misuse them, according to one little-noticed provision in the bipartisan opioids bill head… Continue reading →