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February 10

Carving Out a New Passion (Gettysburg Address)

By Rick Banas of BMA Management, Ltd. What a privilege it was to meet Manny Shellist, a 98-year-old resident of Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook, an...

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February 5

Into Paradise or Out to Pasture

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at BMA Management How’s this for a way to cope with the pending explosion of the older...

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February 3

Come to Find Out, a Good Night’s Sleep ‘IS’ Good for You. Hmm, Go Figure

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at BMA Management While the reasons ‘¿why?’ are a mystery, researchers say that sleep is crucial for...

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January 29

Assisted Living Versus Family – Four Key Considerations

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at BMA Management The Twitter message hit my computer earlier today. An 86-year old woman was found...

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January 20

No Need for Assisted Living to be Biased Toward the Wealthy

Blair Minton Founder of BMA Management, Ltd. There has been a lot of buzz recently about the results of a research study that shows that...

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January 13

Living with Family or Assisted Living

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at BMA Management Is it better for a parent to move in with family or into assisted...

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January 7

800-Pound Gorilla Recognizes Passion for Affordable Assisted Living

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at BMA Management The Christmas gift was highly appreciated, especially with my marketing and sales responsibilities and...

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December 23

BMA Emphasizes Need for Affordable Assisted Living

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at BMA Management Blair Minton, Founder of BMA, and I had the privilege earlier this month of...

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December 17

Doctors’ Prescription for Health Care Reform

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing What is the use of passing health care reform legislation that ensures that everyone has health insurance...

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December 10

Was It By Chance and Coincidence?

By Rick Banas, Vice President of Strategic Marketing Two words, both beginning with the letter C, had a major impact on me earlier this week....

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