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AT REST: Designers of Darlington Memory Lane aimed to create a warm and nurturing environment to help residents maintain “domestic tranquility.” / COURTESY DARLINGTON MEMORY LANE

Homey surroundings can comfort Alzheimer’s patients

Making sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia patients as comfortable as possible is a personal challenge for tens of thousands of caregivers in...
A NEW FRONTIER: Coto Technology’s groundbreaking, miniaturized reed switch is creating new markets.  Pictured above at the company’s North Kingstown headquarters are Odair Dafonseca, left, a design engineer,  and Roger Lavalle, a senior test engineer. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Tiny switch makes big impact on medical tools

Given that the computing power that once required a warehouse of processing units can now be put into smartphones, it’s difficult to believe that...
MADE-OVER MAKER: Groov-Pin President and CEO Scot Jones, left, encountered resistance when he started the process of introducing lean manufacturing approaches in the company, but now he can feel the enthusiasm from employees for the new approach, including Darrel Sweet. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Company remakes self with efficiency overhaul

Groov-Pin Corp., a Smithfield-based precision manufacturer of industrial pins and threaded inserts, has put collaboration at the heart of its business model during the...
GOOD CARE: Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island CEO Diana Franchitto, right, speaks with nurses at the facility’s second-floor nurses station. The organization is the second-oldest of its kind in the U.S. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Hospice grows in care, competition in Ocean State

Hospice, the palliative and holistic care of patients diagnosed by a doctor to be in their last six months of life, has come a...
LASER FOCUS: Already boasting locations in five states, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute is eyeing a potential location in Warwick. Above, Dr. Michael Weiss, left, consults with a Laser Spine Institute patient. / COURTESY LASER SPINE INSTITUTE

Is Ocean State a fit for ‘medical tourism’ model?

(Corrected, March 10, 4:26 p.m.) Florida-based Laser Spine Institute employs 500 people in five states and draws a majority of its customers, or patients, from...
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