Aging in Place

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• The First Written Advice in History: Take Care of Yourselves, a Caregiver’s Creed

  
  Mothering Mother and More — Authority: 115
  Caregivers are often told to take care of themselves, and sometimes this advice is a little annoying. Exactly how am I supposed to take care of me? Not give my mom her pills in the morning? Go to the gym instead?  Not take her to physical therapy? Not help my kids with their homework or fix dinner? Just soak in ...
  3 days ago

• Starting your own business to serve boomers and seniors

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 457
  Starting an aging-related business. I have heard from a number of folks in recent months about the businesses they are starting, some number of whom have published what they want to do or are doing on the Forum link on this site.  What types of businesses? Home care services, home renovation and remodeling, ...
  4 days ago

• Aging in Place Technology Watch November Newsletter

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 457
  Press awareness (if not politeness) is growing. So on the positive side, reporters ( like the NY Times ) seem willing to write about technology that can help seniors. On the negative side, the headline writers diminish the benefit with condescending titles like " Helping Grandpa Get his Tech On ."  But as the saying ...
  1 week ago

• Vendors -- you want to do more in Florida?

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 457
  Remember the post on why vendors should do a better job of targeting geriatric care managers as a referral channel for their technology?  And of course, I hear all the time about how vendors want to get into the Florida market. Heres a chance to do both. I just got a brochure in the mail for the 2010 Annual ...
  1 week ago

• AAHSA 2009 -- Wide windows, Bright Idea House, Same-old industry

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 457
  I was compelled to attend. AAHSA 2009 "Changing Lives" Conference -- 9000 people, 425 exhibitors. This was a beautiful ( and may soon be gone ) venue -- McCormick Place Lakeside Center. Gorgeous multi-story windows facing the 180 degree panorama of nearly boat-free Lake Michigan. Turn the other way, and you faced the ...
  3 weeks ago

• See Windsong Properties in Points North Magazine

  
  Atlanta Real Estate Forum — Authority: 509
  While reading the November issue be sure to pay extra close attention to the Aging in Place article. The feature describes active adult properties and retirement communities and why baby boomers are turning to them for their new homes. And Atlanta active adult home builder Windsong Properties is prominently featured ...
  3 weeks ago

• Aging drivers -- seniors need tech; caregivers need to provide it

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 457
  The truth about cars. As a society, were not getting any younger. And our driving is going to imperil us, sooner or later, as this Times article painfully illustrates . On the positive side, older drivers are not responsible for the bulk of traffic accidents (adults age 20-34 have that distinction) and they ...
  4 weeks ago

• Join Us for the Choices: Senior Living Options Telesummit

  
  Aging In Place — Authority:
  Please join us for the free “Choices: Senior Living Options” Telesummit to be held November 2 - 5 daily at 8:00p.m hosted by Dale Carter of Transitioning Aging Parents .  ( Click here to register ) This new telesummit featuring four experts is sure to open your mind up to the many facets of choosing the right ...
  4 weeks ago

• Aging in Place Technology Watch October Newsletter

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 457
  Its October and pumpkins and conferences all around. And where I have spent most of the month, it seems is wandering from conference to conference glimpsing leaves and pumpkins en route. First Connected Health Symposium in Boston, then NYU Wagner Global Health Aging in NYC, and tomorrow,  Technology and Aging ...
  5 weeks ago

• It Was a Ghost Town of a House

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 145
      So, it was a ghost town of a house. Abandoned mid-construction, just the bare studs and plywood floors, a lighter and pack of cigarettes left in an empty roofing nail box, like the guys working on it had to leave in a hurry.       It was for sale as-is, the builder apparently having run out of ...
  5 weeks ago

• The oldest and technology access -- getting it right

  
  Aging In Place Technology Watch — Authority: 457
  Woo hoo -- Internet usage is up. Those of us who are technology enthusiasts get all excited with this sort of data (from Pew Research, January, 2009) : "The biggest increase in internet use since 2005 can be seen in the 70-75 year-old age group. While just over one-fourth (26%) of 70-75 year olds were online in ...
  5 weeks ago

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