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Financing Long Term Care in America: There?s Common Ground in Aging
2008-06-06 05:41:00 Just when you think there aren’t issues that Red and Blue America can agree on, there comes this little thing called aging that we’re all doing and want to do well. On Wednesday a packed auditorium at the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs participated in a discussion about financing long-term care in America. And what one saw ... More About: Financing , Ground , Care , Common
Financing Senior Housing Development: A New Ecumen Whitepaper
2008-06-03 21:50:00 Many people have visions of developing senior housing, but what separates dreams from ground breaking cermonies is the people with vision who put the right team together. Essential to this effort is a financing partner. Senior Housing Financing Options is a new Ecumen whitepaper that outlines some of the key financing options for would-be senior ... More About: Development , Whitepaper
New Study Says Golf Prolongs Life
2008-06-02 23:08:00 Do you golf a lot? According to this news from our friends in Sweden, golf can be a good investment for health. So says a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The death rate for golfers is 40 per cent lower than for other people of the same sex, age and socioeconomic ... More About: Life , Golf , Study
Changing Aging Interview: Dr. Andrew Scharlach, University of California a
2008-05-29 16:58:00 Changing Aging recently sat down with Dr. Andrew E. Scharlach, of the University of California at Berkeley, where he holds the Eugene and Rose Kleiner Chair in Aging. He also serves as Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services, which conducts research designed to inform development of innovative and effective services for ... More About: Technology , Interview , Changing
Seniors and Technology: New York Times Features Ecumen Customer
2008-05-28 17:16:00 The Sunday New York Times featured Ecumen customer Helen Trost in an interesting article on technology enhancing independence, seniors being able to stay in their own home and involving family members across long distances. You can read more about technology Ecumen is using to enhance customers’ independence here. More About: Technology , Features , Customer
Interview With Ronni Bennett, Author of Time Goes By
2008-05-21 21:43:00 The Washington Post calls Time Goes By “the quintessential seniors’ blog,”  . . . AARP calls its author Ronni Bennett (in the cool photo montage above), “the dean of older bloggers,”  . . . And we’re fortunate to have her insights today at Ecumen’s Changing Aging blog. For more than 25 years Ronni, who says “Age is a gift,” was a radio and television producer, working on such programs as 20/20 and the The Barbara Walters Specials on ABC and for shows on Lifetime TV, NBC, PBS and CBS. In 1996, as the Internet was in its infancy, Ronni was named the first managing editor at cbsnews.com. It was there that the seeds of Time Goes By began to grow. Today she’s changing aging in America from her home in Maine where she authors her groundbreaking blog. Thank you to Ronni for taking time with us. Why did you start blogging? After six or eight years of researching aging in my spare time, I had accumulated thousands of pages... More About: Interview , Author
Changing Aging in America
2008-05-19 18:19:00 Last week was a busy, interesting time on Capitol Hill in the area of “Changing Aging in America .” Three different hearings (one including Ecumen) . . . all highlighting the need for holistic aging public policy in America - no planning in silos - so that the United States rides the age wave and people have the independence, ... More About: Alzheimers
Why Are So Many Companies Scared of People?
2008-05-15 18:19:00 It’s unreal how so many companies are scared of people - even their own people. Yet people are their business. Starbucks sees the power of people with their new consumer “idea generator” website. I don’t like coffee, but I like what they’re doing. At Ecumen, we also find that the best ideas come from people who know ... More About: Companies , People , Scared
Long Term Care Financing Solutions Conference at Humphrey Institute
2008-05-14 16:39:00 Who is going to pay for the unprecedented numbers of seniors who will need care? How will they pay? What are better ways to pay than what America has today? Your’re invited to a discussion about potential approaches to long-term care financing reform and what states can do to be national leaders in creating solutions. The conference is co-sponsored ... More About: Financing , Care , Long , Solutions , Institute
Prairie Lodge of Brooklyn Center: A New Option for Alzheimer?s Behavioral C
2008-05-13 19:04:00 “After going from crisis to crisis, Joan is finally in a place where they have the time and training to really help,” said her husband, Terry, 76, a retired math teacher and businessman from Shoreview. “How many places can you get kicked out of? Let’s see, for us it was four in one year.” . ... More About: Alzheimer , Center , Brooklyn , Lodge
Lakeshore in Duluth: The Right Care in the Right Place at the Right Time
2008-05-12 18:00:00 You might have read our post the other day about a Duluth News Tribune “story that missed the story” about Ecumen’s work in Duluth. Below is an op-ed authored by Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts and Lakeshore volunteer community board chair John Hyduke that provides context that was missing in the original story. It was published ... More About: Time , Care , Place
10 Examples of Disney Magic That Apply to Aging Services
2008-05-09 18:25:00 “In this volatile business of ours, we can ill afford to rest on our laurels, even to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future” - Walt Disney We had a fabulous day at the annual Ecumen Leadership Conference yesterday, which brings together 400+ ... More About: Services , Magic , Walt Disney , Hospitality
Senior Housing Management Selection Tips From Ecumen
2008-05-08 00:49:00 Ecumen has released a new whitepaper on tips for finding the right senior housing management partner - the original news release and link to this whitepaper and others follows: Latest whitepaper divulges 10 questions designed to ensure senior housing providers partner with the right management partners SHOREVIEW, MN - May 8, 2008– http://www.ecumen.org ? Aging services provider ... More About: Senior , Management , Tips , Housing , Selection
Ecumen To Talk Technology and Family Caregiving at Congressional Session
2008-05-07 19:22:00 Family Caregiving and Technology - an essential collaboration when you look at demographic realities and people’s desires to live as independently and empowered as possible. Next Wednesday, May 14th, in Washington, D.C., there’s going to be a great Congressional briefing led by the National Alliance for Caregiving. It will be held from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. ... More About: Family , Talk
You Have to Be Strong to Carry a Crystal Ball
2008-05-06 22:02:00 Sometimes leadership isn’t easy. Sometimes you get arrows shot at you. That’s what happened to our colleagues at the Ecumen community of Lakeshore in Duluth, Minnesota (and all of us who are working on creating new and better aging services) in an ugly article on the front page of Sunday’s Duluth News-Tribune by a reporter who doesn’t hold the same crystal ... More About: Leadership , Crystal , Ball , Strong , Carry
Does Age Matter in the White House?
2008-05-01 20:17:00 What do you think . . . does age matter when it comes to choosing our next President? Post your comment below. Here’s what a recent NBC-Wall Street Journal poll shows on the subject: 72 percent of potential voters in the poll said Americans are ready to elect an African-American and 71 percent ready for a ... More About: House , White House , White , Matter , The White House
The Age Wave and Aging Tech
2008-04-30 19:31:00 What is so crystal clear is that technology is an essential part to riding the age wave in America and helping people live independently. Robert Powell of CBS Marketwatch.Com outlines some of this technology in his article entitled “Not Your Father’s Emergency Response System.” You can see technology at work at Ecumen here and download Ecumen whitepapers on technology ... More About: Technology , Tech , Aging , Wave
5 Ways Congregational Senior Housing Is Changing Aging and Ministry
2008-04-28 22:07:00 Recently, I had the opportunity to sit in on a session about congregational senior housing at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Eastern Washington/Idaho Synod Assembly. I learned some interesting things about how this type of collaboration makes so much sense for communities and congregations of all denominations seeking to ride the age wave and expand ministry work. Presenters were ... More About: Senior , Housing , Changing , Ministry , Aging
Mature Market Experts: A New Online Networking Opportunity
2008-04-24 21:44:00 There are a lot of senior housing and aging services professionals in a whole bunch of different professional sectors from journalism to technology to health care to development, but there are few online resourcs to bring them together. I want to share with you a new resource called Mature Market Experts . It’s a free networking group ... More About: Networking , Opportunity , Online
Aging Services of California?s ?Changing Aging? Videos
2008-04-23 17:39:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmgHRG8hPF g I dig these videos by Aging Services of California , the association that represents California’s non-profit aging services companies. They all come under the theme: Age is Just a Number.. They’re right. This is the kind of positioning and creativity that gets people excited about aging. It underscores that aging is all about ... More About: Videos , Retirement , Changing
Kathryn Roberts on Aging Services: Deliver The Right Care in the Right Pla
2008-04-22 17:54:00 Policymakers across the country are wondering what to do about rising health care costs and increased needs for aging services coming from the age wave. Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts discusses this in the article below, which appeared on the editorial page of yesterday’s Saint Paul Pioneer Press: Deliver the Right Care in the Right Place ... More About: Services , Aging
Martha Stewart Talks Caregiving on Capitol Hill
2008-04-18 02:50:00  The aging services drumbeat is getting louder . . . Yesterday was a big day on Capitol Hill as Martha Stewart testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging about caregiving. She, Robyn Stone from the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging,  John Rowe, MD of Columbia University and others had some very insightful testimony at the hearing entitled: Caring for our Seniors: How Can We Support Those on the Frontlines? You can read the testimony here. More About: Capitol Hill
Grumpy Seniors? Think Again Says University of Chicago Study
2008-04-17 17:56:00 You have to have a certain degree of confidence to wear a Speedo (this blogger doesn’t have it). But we have customers, such as the one above, who do. We are fortunate to serve a lot of people who have found a great deal of contentment in their life, people who are comfortable “in their skin.”  In talking with them you’ll find authenticity, straightforwardness and happiness. A new study by the University of Chicago confirms what many in our profession know already . . . many Americans grow happier as they grow older. Interestingly, the next generation of seniors - the baby boomers - don’t score so high in the happiness study. Any thoughts as to why that’s the case? More About: Study , Seniors
Long-Term Care, What’s Age Got to Do With It?
2008-04-17 01:26:00 That’s the question that our friends at Future of Aging are asking. They have a few others they’d like younger readers to think about on long-term care and how the heck they’ll pay for it, too. Go here to check the questions out . . . .They get you thinking. More About: Care , Long , Term
Ecumen Community Honored for Senior Housing Design
2008-04-15 00:30:00 The Villages of North Branch, an Ecumen community pictured above just north of Minneapolis has been named as one of the country?s top designed senior housing communities by a panel of judges convened by Design Magazine. The 14-member panel of judges, which included a number of leading national architects, selected The Villages of North Branch ... More About: Senior , Community , Housing
A Different Kind of Play: All the Leading Men and Women are 70 or Older
2008-04-15 00:08:00 Have you seen any plays where the leading actor or actress is over 70? I can’t think of any. The Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis is changing that. Minneapolis Star Tribune entertainment writer Graydon Royce calls Mixed Blood’s ”Exit Strategy” a theatrical Ocean’s 11 . . . a classic risk/reward scheme as a means out of a dump (In this case, ... More About: Women , Play , Leading , Men and Women
Christian Scientists and Nursing Homes: The ?Not So Big House Movement?
2008-04-11 00:17:00 Christian Scientists might soon bring one of the country’s smallest nursing homes to Minnesota and continue the “Not So Big House ” Movement in long-term care and aging services. The city of New Brighton, Minn., has approved the nonprofit’s preliminary plan to build a small, six-bed care center next to the First Church of Christ, Scientist. It ... More About: Christian , Homes , Nursing
Raise Taxes to Pay for Senior Services? Ohio Does It . . . A Lot
2008-04-10 01:28:00 In many ways aging and aging solutions are local. Ohio takes that to another level by passing property tax levies to help fund aging services and supplement shrinking state and federal government funds. It All Started With Lois In the late 1970s a retiree named Lois Brown Dale was looking for financial support to build and operate a ... More About: Services , Senior , Taxes
We Want Your Thoughts - The Aging Services Customer Experience
2008-04-08 18:27:00 Can you spare a minute, and respond to this post (just click on comments below to respond)? We want your thoughts. You might have seen this in the news. Angie’s List — which has 600,000 members nationwide — built its business by providing a forum for its customers to rate painters, roofers and other service providers. Now, ... More About: Services , Customer , Thoughts , Experience , Aging
10 Questions with Dr. Brent Ridge of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
More articles from this author:2008-04-07 17:35:00 Changing Aging recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Brent Ridge , who is Vice President for Health Living at Martha Stewart . Prior to joining Martha Stewart he was on the faculty at Mount Sinai Hospital and was a driving force in the development of the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sanai, ... More About: Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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