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The Age Wave: Mickey and Minnie Mouse Want to Ride it
2008-02-22 16:53:00 Who’s that riding the Age Wave ? Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Japan. According to Telegraph.UK.Com, Disney Japan has announced new pricing structures focused on wooing older customers with their grandchildren. Japan has the largest proportion of seniors in the world, with close to 20 per cent of the nation’s 127 million residents over 65, ... More About: Ride
Google Gets It. Kudos This Valentines Day!
2008-02-14 18:16:00 A Salute to Google . Check out their graphic this Valentine’s Day. Aging is all about living. More About: Valentines Day , Kudos , Valentines
What?s a New Name for Adult Day Care?
2008-02-14 16:51:00 When I think of day care, I think of the place that I drop my child off in the morning. There has to be other, better names for this growing service. Any ideas? Posted by Eric Schubert More About: Care , Adult , Day Care
What Do We Spend More on in the U.S. - Aging or Defense?
2008-02-14 16:47:00 What do you think we spend more on in the United States? Defense or Aging ? Today the federal government spends more on seniors than on any other group or program. According to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and research by USA Today, last year, states paid $27 billion of the $979 billion in senior ...
Aging and Technology Talk on Voice of America
2008-02-12 23:04:00 Voice of America , which airs to 115 million people worldwide, did a very nice story on Ecumen’s visit to Capitol Hill a couple of weeks ago, where Kathy Bakkenist, COO and senior vice president of strategy and operations; and Ecumen customer Honor Hacker testified on aging and technology before members and staff of the U.S. ... More About: Technology , Voice , Talk , Aging
Goodbye to Yesterday?s Senior Center, Hello to Today?s Successful Aging Cen
2008-02-11 20:11:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xz2g6C1e8 E The temperature might not get above zero today here in the Land of 10,000 very frozen lakes. But that isn’t going to deter a bunch of people from their 50s into their 90s from heading to Vitalize! Wellness Centre at the Ecumen community of Parmly LifePointes, which is built on the shores of one of those frozen lakes in ... More About: Senior , Today , Yesterday , Center , Aging
Kathryn Roberts to Discuss ?Age Wave of Opportunity? at Carlson School of M
2008-02-08 21:26:00 Kathryn Roberts , CEO and President of Ecumen, will be discussing “The Age Wave of Opportunity ” next Friday, Feb. 15 from 12 noon to 1:30pm at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) Housing Forum, Carlson School of Management, Rm. L-110 (Honeywell Auditorium), University of MN - West Bank. RSVP to 612-625-2086 or curahf@umn.edu by Feb. ... More About: Resources
Strip Clubs and Financing Long-Term Care
2008-02-08 01:02:00 When we talk at Ecumen about changing how America finances long-term care and aging services, this isn’t what we’re talking about . . . . From today’s St. Petersburg Times: Two Tampa Bay area lawmakers want to put a $1 tax on strip club admissions so they can give low-income nursing home residents more spending money. Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. ... More About: Clubs , Financing , Care , Long , Strip
Citizens League?s Focus on Aging: It?s All About People, Not Experts
2008-02-06 16:23:00 Yesterday we wrote about the fragmentation in public policy around aging. The Citizens League in Minnesota, which is one of the country’s top non-partisan citizen engagement and public policy organizations is taking a different approach to aging policy as part of their MAP 150 initiative, which is focused on big public policy issues in Minnesota’s ... More About: People , Experts , Focus , Aging
Aging, the American Voter and the Inertia of Fragmentation
2008-02-05 20:25:00 A few stats this Super Tuesday: . . . .About one in five votes in the 2004 presidential election was cast by someone 65 or older. By 2040, about 40 percent of voters will be 65 or older. Imagine if there were a “successful aging platform” in America or in individual states, one that was about every ... More About: American , Aging
For Long-Term Care Professionals Who Read Changing Aging
2008-02-05 20:22:00 FYI for our readers in the long-term care profession . . . In March and April, Ecumen is providing two courses at several sites in Minnesota and Wisconsin. One focuses on a huge topic in the news lately: psychoactive medications and the other on optimizing reimbursement, which is always a big topic in long-term care. You can ... More About: Read , Care , Changing , Long , Aging
Aging and Technology Testimony on Capitol Hill
2008-02-04 21:00:00 Aging and technology were the subjects of remarks by Ecumen customer Honor Hacker (pictured above viewing a QuietCare sensor in her home) and Ecumen’s COO and senior vice president of strategy and operations Kathy Bakkenist as they spoke before members of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging last week about Senate File 908. You can read Kathy’s and Honor’s testimony here. This bill creates a nonpartisan congressionally mandated Consortium to evaluate the potential of technologies to help the U.S. meet the needs of our aging population. When passed, the consortium will become the first public-private partnership around technology and aging that goes beyond medical records to explore the potential of new technology to assist older adults and their caregivers in such areas as promoting independence, facilitating early disease detection, promoting greater support to caregivers and minimizing medication error. The consortium will include 17 members appointed... More About: Technology , Testimony , Aging , Hill , Capitol Hill
Aging in America: Would the U.S. Elect a Senior as President?
2008-02-01 19:10:00 We’re going to have “a first” in this country no matter who is elected President in November. But will age be a stumbling block for voters? It is for some, such as tough guy actor Chuck Norris (and Huckabee surrogate) who thinks John McCain is too old to be President, and said so in a number of recent media interviews. If McCain, 71, is elected, he will be the oldest President ever elected. He would be 72 at his inauguration and 80 years after two terms in office.  Last year when we did our Age Wave Study, we asked baby boomers in Minnesota if a candidate for Governor were over age 70 would that be a negative factor in how they cast their vote. Here are the percentages: - 42% said it wouldn’t be a factor. -37% said it would be a negative factor. - 17% said it would be a positive factor. - And 4% didn’t know. One thing is for sure, no matter who you are going to vote for in November, they have one thing in common: They are aging. More About: America , Senior , Aging
Paying for Mom and Dad’s Care in Finland
2008-01-31 19:51:00 In Finland , Gallup recently conducted a poll of Finns, age 49-60. According to the poll, every second middle-aged Finn is prepared to purchase care services for their parents to supplement services provided by municipalities. I don’t think you’d get quite the same response in the United States. More About: Care
Why Does So Much Marketing to Seniors Stink? And Other Questions With Tom
2008-01-30 18:18:00 “Changing Aging” recently sat down with brand consultant Tom Mann. Tom was instrumental in his role as senior vice president of advertising at Erickson Retirement Communities in developing and communicating in a way that made older consumers want to choose (rather than making a decision on need) Erickson communities as places to live.     In addition to his branding work, Tom was recently the Task Force Chair of the State of Maryland’s recent report: The Dynamics of Elderly and Retiree Migration Into and Out of Maryland. Today, Tom runs an independent brand development consultancy, TR Mann Consulting (www.TRMann.com), which specializes in creating brands, selling real estate and marketing to the 50+ market. Why does most marketing designed to connect with older consumers stink? Maybe it’s just me . . . but it seems like the so called experts and media just want to talk about the “Boomers,” as if looking beyond today’s cause célèbre, th... More About: Marketing , Questions , Seniors
Technology and Active Aging Story by MinnPost.Com
2008-01-29 18:50:00 Technology is going to play an increasing role in aging and the transformation of America for the Age Wave. Christine Capecchi, a reporter with MinnPost.com, spent time with Honor Hacker, an Ecumen customer, yesterday (at left) at the Ecumen community of Lakeview Commons. Here is Christina’s interesting story. Honor and Kathy Bakkenist, Ecumen’s COO and senior vice president of strategy and operations, will be testifying tomorrow before members and staff of the Senate Special Committee on Aging on the subject of aging and technology. More About: Technology , Story , Active
Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
2008-01-28 19:14:00 Posted By John Korzendorfer, Senior Director of Campus Operations The ongoing dialogue on the Changing Aging blog about “IT” fascinates me. “IT” is comprised of numerous factors, and today I would like to talk about one of them as they relate to America?s nursing homes. SIGNS! In my work I have the opportunity to visit numerous nursing homes, ... More About: Signs , Sign
Churches and Senior Housing Development - Leadership in America?s Age Wave
2008-01-26 21:47:00 Churches across America have a tremendous opportunity to play a significantly positive role in the aging of America by helping create vibrant communities that bring multiple generations together. Looking closer at this emerging leadership role, we have introduced a white paper entitled: “A New Wrinkle on Aging, Congregational Senior Housing.” Author Kay Harvey shares one congregation’s experience as it turns ... More About: Churches , Development , Leadership
Ecumen?s North Star: Our Mission, Vision and Values
2008-01-24 03:05:00 We’d like to introduce ”Changing Aging” readers to our North Star : our mission, vision and values. We introduced them today throughout Ecumen. If you’ve ever been involved in developing a mission statement, you can appreciate how difficult they can be to shape . . .and then doubly tough when you add vision and values. But what was so cool about this process was that ... More About: Leadership , Innovation , Values
Ecumen to Discuss Aging Services and Technology at Capitol Hill Hearing
2008-01-22 18:36:00 Technology is playing a transformational role in aging services and senior housing, and that role will only grow with the age wave. On January 30th, Kathy Bakkenist, (pictured left) Ecumen’s chief operating officer and senior vice president of strategy and operations, and Ecumen customer Honor Hacker (below left viewing a wireless QuietCare sensor in her apartment), will ... More About: Technology , Services , Aging , Hill , Capitol Hill
Thoughts on MLK Day, Segregation and Long-Term Care in America
2008-01-21 18:44:00 There are days when you pause and think about how far America has come and at the same time how far we still have to go. Today - when we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. - is one of those days. It’s hard to believe, but it wasn’t too long ago, where you wouldn’t have whites and ... More About: Leadership , Thoughts , Care , Long
Behind the Alzheimer?s Cure Headlines
2008-01-19 19:27:00 Every 72 seconds another person gets Alzheimer ’s. No surprise that baby boomers list it as one of their biggest concerns about growing older. You might have seen the recent headlines about a potential Alzheimer’s cure reported in the United Kingdom. Here’s a quick summary: An 81-year-old man was injected with arthritis drug (Etanercept) and within 10-minutes, his memory ... More About: Alzheimers , Headlines , Cure
Baby Boomer Grandparents Redefining Grandparenting in Age Wave
2008-01-17 21:08:00 Are you a grandboomer? Is it different than what your experience was like with your grandparents? The Age Wave is redefining grandparenting. - More than one in three baby boomers are grandparents, with the average age of grandboomers being 53. -With life expectancy at record lengths, baby boomer grandparents will be part of their grandchildren’s lives longer than any previous ... More About: Baby , Baby Boomer
The Age Wave and America?s Public Policy Agenda
2008-01-16 16:52:00 Thirty years ago last Sunday, former Vice President and Minnesota U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey died. He was only 66. It’s interesting how America ’s public policy agenda changes over time. In Humphrey’s 1976 campaign brochure the theme was: Humphrey . . . The Man for All Reasons. Guess what Reason # 1 was? Senior Citizens. When you open ... More About: Public , Policy , Agenda , Public policy
What?s Your Successful Aging Story?
2008-01-14 17:53:00 Every person has a story. You really see that when you read the obituaries. Many of them are stories in successful aging, people living fully to the end of their life. I was struck by this story I came across on the obituary page last month. Here are a few excerpts. Seward Renwick Moore, 105, retired in 1966 ... More About: Story , Aging
Citizens League Diving into the Age Wave
2008-01-11 23:43:00 We’re very fortunate in Minnesota to have the Citizens League , one of the country’s leading citizen-based, non-partisan think tanks and their dynamic director Sean Kershaw. The League has generated many of our state’s most innovative policy ideas. Now the League is moving into aging. One of the focus areas of the League in this Minnesota’s Sequicentennial ... More About: Diving , Wave
Adult Day Care and Growth in the Age Wave (Can We Call Adult Day Care Somet
2008-01-11 00:29:00 Jeff Opdyke of the Wall Street Journal had an interesting article today on the growth of adult day care in the United States. (We have to change that name. Yes, it provides care, but my mind goes to child care, and this isn’t child care. We can (have to) do better. Some Ecumen communities call it Adult Day ... More About: Care , Growth , Call , Day Care
Four Healthy Aging Steps = 14 More Years
2008-01-09 18:51:00 We hear all the time about changing our behaviors and habits to help us live longer, healthier lives. Now there’s some data reported by Reuters yesterday that actually quantifies how many years you might expect to get from a combination of activities. (Read and add resolutions for healthy aging and successful aging here). People who drink moderately, exercise, ... More About: Years , Aging , Healthy , Steps , Heal
Long-Term Care Consulting and Senior Housing Consulting Welcomes New Leader
2008-01-09 18:31:00 Ecumen welcomes Mary Leber as director of our senior housing consulting and long-term care consulting practices. Mary and her team’s work is focused on serving continuing care retirement communities , long-term care providers and senior housing organizations nationwide with a wide variety of consulting services. Mary succeeds Sue Schwartz Nelson, who retired from Ecumen after a wonderful career. We ... More About: Senior , Consulting , Care , Housing , Long
Age Wave Insights into the Oldest Baby Boomers
More articles from this author:2008-01-08 17:32:00 What was fascinating when we did our Age Wave study of baby boomers and looked at the crosstabs is that there were not a lot of huge statistical gaps (some subtle differences yes) between the oldest and youngest boomers. The MetLife Mature Market Institute released this week a study of the “average” 62-year-old baby boomer (born in 1946). ... More About: Baby , Boomers , Baby Boomers , Insights 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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