WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (February 17, 2016)—More than one-quarter of the U.S. population report occasionally not getting enough sleep, while nearly 10 percent experience chronic insomnia.
WATERLOO, IOWA, (February 17, 2016)—During their February meeting, VGM Group, Inc.’s board of directors voted unanimously to appoint Mike Mallaro to serve as the company’s new chief executive officer.
Mallaro will fill the role that was vacated with the sudden passing of VGM’s founder, Van G. Miller, this past October. Jim Walsh, VGM’s interim CEO, will transition to chairman of the board and continue to serve as general counsel.
SAN DIEGO (February 17, 2016)—GreatCall Inc., the leader in connected health for active aging, adds a new level of health and safety awareness for family caregivers with the launch of Link Check-Ins. Using simple, unobtrusive questions, caregivers are kept abreast of the family member’s wellbeing--giving them peace of mind and providing early warning to health issues.
Simple Device Helps Seniors Stand Independently
A simple contraption to help the sick, frail and elderly get out of bed is set to take off on the lucrative American mobility aid market.
Allan Perriam worked as a nurse for 10 years in Australia where expensive hoists were used to lift patients off of beds.
“I just saw that as undermining the rehabilitation process and undermining the independence of the patient so I thought ‘there’s got to be a better way’,” he said.
Perriam set up his own company, Innovo Health Care, and moved to South Australia in 2014 to manufacture his simple device, the U-stand Frame.
RICHMOND, Va. (February 11, 2016)—Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for 25 years, announces the sale of All Metro Health Care (All Metro), a provider of home health care services, to One Equity Partners (OEP). Harris Williams & Co. served as the lead financial advisor to All Metro, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, LLC (Nautic).
ST. LOUIS, (February 15, 2016)—Responsive Respiratory introduces a new oxygen solutions catalog for 2016.