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Senior Housing Market Trends
2008-01-07 03:11:00 In an earlier post we discussed 10 senior housing development trends for 2008. Another big change is the size of apartments or condos. Consider these stats from the National Apartment Association: In the 1950s, the average size of a new single-family home was 983 square feet. By 2006, that number had more than doubled, reaching a record ... More About: Senior , Market , Trends , Market trends , Housing
Women Are Looking Differently at Exercise and Successful Aging
2008-01-03 22:30:00 According to the current national statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16.7 percent of people ages 45 to 64; 23.1 percent of adults 65 to 74 and 35.9 percent of adults ages 75+ are inactive. In fact, only 6 percent of women over 75 report doing any type of physical activity.That has ... More About: Women , Exercise , Aging , Diff
Baby Boomers Should See The Savages
2008-01-02 22:27:00 Have you seen the movie The Savages ? It’s an irreverent look at family, love and mortality through the experiences of two baby boomer children trying to find nursing home care for their estranged father who has dementia. Many of America’s 78 million aging baby boomers should see it. Check that: anyone who is aging (all of us) ... More About: Baby , Boomers , Baby Boomers , Ages
Baby Boomers and Beyond: Retirement Revised
2007-12-31 19:13:00 A New Age Wave Blog . . . A new blog for baby boomers and others who are thinking about retirement differently has been launched by journalist and Boomer thought leader Mark Miller. It’s called Retirement Revised and is the companion blog to his weekly syndicated national column Retire Smart. More About: Baby , Boomers , Baby Boomers , Tire
10 New Years Resolutions for Successful Aging
2007-12-29 22:49:00 Do you have New Year’s resolutions for successful aging you’d like to share? We’re all aging right now. And although genes dictate a lot, we also have a lot of control in how we age. Here are 10 resolutions for traveling the path of successful aging. Get a Physical: Find out what your health is like today. What health risk factors do you have? Work on a plan to address them. Exercise Your Brain and Body: Physical exercise (30 to 60 minutes of fast walking a couple times a week) has been proven to reduce the risk of dementia. It also makes you feel a lot better when those endorphins are pumping. Make Meaningful Connections:   You just feel better when you have someone you can share with. Animals count. Do Work You Enjoy: Even if you’re retired, and you didn’t like the work you did, now you have time to do work you enjoy. Work also means volunteering. Nurture Your Spirituality:  The mind-spirit-body connection works together. Spiritual experiences ... More About: Years , Aging , New Years , Resolutions , Resolution
Well: A Successful Aging Blog
2007-12-27 20:23:00 The New York Times scored big when it get health writer Tara Parker-Pope from The Wall Street Journal. She has a great story today on Alzheimer’s and how physicians feel that it manifests itself in people’s lives earlier than old age. Here’s an excerpt: Many scientists believe the best hope of progress, maybe the only hope, lies in detecting the disease early and devising treatments to stop it before brain damage becomes extensive. Better still, they would like to intervene even sooner, by identifying risk factors and treating people preventively — the same strategy that has markedly lowered death rates from heart disease, stroke and some cancers. This is a fascinating story, especially for Baby Boomers who told us in our Age Wave study that getting Alzheimer’s is one of their biggest fears about growing older. Tara also has a great new blog appropriately called “Well.”  It’s focused on what’s so absolutely critical to success... More About: Blog , Aging
10 Senior Housing Development Trends for 2008
2007-12-26 19:37:00 Look for these 10 senior housing development trends from 2007 to pick up even more steam in 2008 as the age wave gains force: 1. Congregational Senior Housing : People want to live in nurturning, vibrant communities. Churches want to extend their ministries, strengthen their congregations and build community. Congregational senior housing, such as the visionary ELCA project in ... More About: Trends , Development
Aging Services Entrepreneurs Build Special Employee Investment Fund
2007-12-22 16:44:00 A very nice story in today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press about colleagues being there for each other and investing in each other. Thanks to everyone who has made this special employee investment program possible, especially Ecumen charitable contributions team members Mary Ann Dorsher, Robin Krois and Jean Robson, and the many Ecumen team members who contribute so generously. If you’d like to ... More About: Services , Investment , Special , Fund , Aging
Should We Put Up Our Dukes Against Aging?
2007-12-21 03:30:00 Do we really need to fight aging? Does aging need to be cured? What do you think? More About: Aging
A Changing Aging Question
2007-12-18 23:23:00 We’re really good at asking the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Shouldn’t we start asking: “What do you want to be when you are old?” More About: Question , Changing , Aging
Colorado: Working to Ride the Age Wave
2007-12-18 16:52:00 Colorado gets it. Brent Green, author, boomer and marketing expert based in Colorado, blogged recently about Silverprint Colorado, a new initiative in that state to seize the ample opportunity of the Age Wave . It was designed by businesses, citizens, public officials and others. It’s goal is direct: Colorado will establish a culture for positive aging addressing the needs, contributions and ... More About: Colorado , Ride , Working , Workin
Will Our Next President Be a Caregiver?
2007-12-18 01:16:00 Wonder what the President ial candidates’ experiences are with caregiving? Find out in this AARP long-term care interview. More About: Caregiver
Aging is a Business and Economic Issue, Part 2
2007-12-17 17:12:00 Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts recently wrote an article about aging as a business and economic issue. The economics of aging also are impacting religious communities. For example: Catholic archdioceses across the country are holiding fundraising appeals for the Retirement Fund For Religious. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, where the fund is housed, estimates that by 2023 religious orders could face more than ... More About: Business , Part , Economic , Aging , Sine
Long-Term Care and The Presidential Candidates
2007-12-14 21:58:00 Wondering what the Presidential Candidates are thinking about aging services and long-term care? (It’s kind of unreal that they’re not thinking more when you look at the age wave.) Read this post at the AAHSA Future of Aging blog. More About: Care , Long , Term
Three Cool Things in Senior Housing
2007-12-14 01:05:00 Three cool things in senior housing coming over the “Changing Aging” transom: 1. Green Development: More communities are embracing senior housing development that’s beneficial to people and the environment. For example, The Residences at Creekside in Lakewood, CO, which opened earlier this year have a ton of solar power and other environmental friendly features (and it’s a cool looking building, ... More About: Senior , Cool , Housing , Things
10 Tips for Successful Aging
2007-12-13 01:45:00 Posted by Patricia Montgomery, Director, Vitalize! Wellness Centre, at Parmly LifePointes, an Ecumen Community Successful aging is about the ability of a person to take control of one’s own wellness, but not just physical wellness, also their social, spiritual, intellectual, vocational, and emotional wellness. This isn’t about running marathons or swimming 1,000 laps. Rather, successful aging ... More About: Tips , Aging
The Future of Aging Services and Yelp
2007-12-11 21:40:00 Do you yelp? Yelp is one of a growing number of websites where real people (customers) give real feedback on the real service (or lack thereof) they receive. If they love the service they get, they rave. If the service stinks, they let you know that, too. If the reviews are good, it’s the best possible, most authentic, least expensive advertising. Here’s ... More About: Services , Future , The Future , Aging
UK?s Long-Term Care Revolution
2007-12-10 21:40:00 Putting People First. It shouldn’t be revolutionary, but it is. Putting People First is the name of a program announced in the United Kingdom to pay for long-term care. Seniors who qualify for government aid will be given money to pay for their own care. They will have the right to decide how and where they spend the cash. According to ... More About: Care , Revolution , Long , Term
Aging and How to Change the World
2007-12-09 02:50:00 If you love topics of seizing what’s next, innovation and entre/intrepreneurship, check out Guy Kawasaki’s blog How to Change the World . Guy spoke a few years ago at Mary Furlong’s Baby Boomer conference. Both were great. Guy (a California hockey nut; he needs to come to the real State of Hockey- The Land of 100,000 Rinks and 10,000 Lakes) isn’t ... More About: The World , Aging , Change The World
Senior Housing Trends and Aging and Technology
2007-12-09 02:12:00 We’ve added new white papers in our successful aging resource library. This is an evolving online resource by Ecumen for senior housing and aging services professionals and others interested in aging and creating more livable communities. The new papers look at trends in senior housing development and how technology is changing aging. You’ll also find our Age Wave Study of baby ... More About: Technology , Senior , Trends , Housing , Aging
Aging Services and Moments That Take Your Breath Away
2007-12-06 00:12:00  Posted by Katie Lundmark, administrator of Ecumen-managed Sunnyside Care Center in Lake Park, Minn. I recently came across these words by comedian George Carlin. I’ve shortened them a bit . . . I think there are some very good insights for all people in here, but especially those of us who are in aging services. As I reflect this holiday season, we who work in aging services are very fortunate to work in a profession that has many moments each week that take your breath away.  The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast,... More About: Services , Breath , Moments , Aging
New Alzheimer?s Senior Housing Tool Launched
2007-12-04 17:38:00 Posted by Susan Ferguson, Director of Marketing, Ecumen The Alzheimer ’s Association has created a great new online tool. Called the Alzheimer’s Association Senior Housing Finder, consumers can search for senior housing communities that specialize in Alzheimers and dementia care. It is the first such tool available nationwide and features more than 65,000 providers. The needs for these ... More About: Tool , Launched
Aging is a Business and Economic Issue
2007-12-03 19:40:00 Aging is often viewed as an issue for government, social service organizations and groups such as AARP. But aging is also very much a business and economic issue. Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts wrote about that in today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune: Star Tribune Business Forum: Age Wave is a Business and Economic Competitiveness Issue Like other CEOs, I’m concerned about stemming “brain drain” ... More About: Aging , Sine
Aging Services: It Has to Be the No Spin Zone
2007-11-29 18:33:00 Can’t we just “spin” our way out of this? That might be the question on the minds of some of the nursing home operators that were named today as ”the nation’s poorest performing nursing homes” by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The answer is NO, and it’s an especially LOUD NO when you’re caring for fellow human ... More About: Aging , Spin , Zone
Coach Broyles? Playbook for Alzheimer?s Caregivers
2007-11-29 00:38:00 Southeastern Conference football legend, Frank Broyles of the Arkansas Razorbacks (and current Arkansas athletic director) has created a new playbook, and it has nothing to do with football. It’s called “Coach Broyle’s Playbook for Alzheimer ’s Caregiver s.” The guidance in the 92-page book is based on experience. Broyles and his family were caregivers for his late wife ... More About: Dementia
A New Look at Aging on the Guthrie Stage
2007-11-27 21:36:00 Photo by Mike Habermann It’s interesting how increasingly we’re seeing more positive lights shined on aging and doing it well . . . gracefully . . . successfully . . . vitally or — insert your adverb here. In Minneapolis this week, British actor Charles Keating, is starring at The G uthrie Theater in a one-person show called ... More About: Aging , Stage , New Look
Brand Building: 5 Tips for an Effective Name Change On Any Size Budget
2007-11-26 19:11:00 People often talk about changing one’s brand name as being a scary process. It shouldn’t be. It should get the blood pumping and veins jumping - kind of like swimming in Lake Superior. You want a name where you’re proud to show your face when you say it. Obviously the person pictured here isn’t very proud of the place he works for. Pride ... More About: Marketing , Building , Tips , Change , Image
Who is an Older Person You are Thankful For?
2007-11-19 05:33:00 As “Changing Aging’s” writers go on a sabbatical this week to prepare turkey and stuffing, we want to turn the writing over to you: Who is an older person you are thankful for this Thanksgiving Week? Or, tell us why you are thankful for older people. Please share your thoughts here at “Changing Aging” in the comments section ... More About: Person , Hank
Young Love Vs. Old Love
2007-11-19 03:19:00 Kate Zernike of The New York Times has a fascinating article as a follow up to the Sandra Day O’Connor story we blogged about last week. The Times’ story “Still Many Splendored: Love in the Time of Dementia” sheds new light on love in old age. Here’s an excerpt: Former Justice Sandra Day O?Connor?s husband, suffering ... More About: Alzheimers , Young , Young Love
The Millenials, The Age Wave and How We Work
More articles from this author:2007-11-16 17:04:00 Posted by Robin Krause, Vice President of Human Resources At Ecumen, like most companies, our workforce is made up of multiple generations. We often talk about the impact that 78 million baby boomers will have on the workforce as they age. Boomers make up the largest portion of Ecumen’s 4,000-member team, just over a quarter. But almost just ... More About: Work , Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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