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US News – Retirement Fears

May 31, 2011
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This US News Report on retirement fears spells out the problems we all face.  We just can’t know what’s coming. When you have no idea how long you will live and how your health will play out it seems really silly to pretend you are planning. This supports my recent post about home modification investment […]

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Aging in Place Monopoly

February 7, 2011
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*Fail to install grab bars, fall results in broken hip – pay $29,000 medical costs.

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Aging in Place – NO Choices

February 3, 2011
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I called my neighbor Maddie the other day to see if she needed milk or something. I have lived across the street from these folks for 25 years. Maddie’s husband Fred is one of the smartest people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. He has every tool ever invented and knows how to […]

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What should YOU do to Age in Place?

January 31, 2011
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I was recently in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada giving presentations to the Nova Scotia Home Builder’s Association and for a collaboration of the Nova Scotia Department of Seniors and an innovative local business, Home Safe Living. A question asked at the Nova Scotia Seniors program prompted this entry. “What do you want us to do?” […]

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Is Caregiving a Housing Issue?

January 23, 2011

In writing and thinking on Aging in Place I sometimes find valuable gems on my computer. I wrote the following article for the Washington Jewish Week a few years ago when I was on the board of the Jewish Council for the Aging. I think the points are still valid. This series is about housing.  […]

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Aging in Place- ECHO Housing- Guest Post

October 19, 2010
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I had some experience in the mid 90’s with the ECHO (Elder Cottage Housing Option) idea. There was one pre-fab unit on the market but the numbers and logistics did not work for my client. I am really impressed that I know of  four on the market right now! As I started to write a […]

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Aging in Place, on Retirement TV

October 7, 2010
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I was a guest for a segment of Retirement Living TV‘s Taking Care Tuesday. They taped a bunch of segments with show host Joan Lunden. What a professional! She doesn’t miss a beat. What a pleasure. Who says work is not fun?

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MetLife Aging in Place Report

September 13, 2010
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I am pleased and excited to announce Aging in Place 2.0, Rethinking Solutions to the Home Care Challenge,  a report from the MetLife Mature Marketing Institute. The report describes Aging in Place 2.0, the extension of current aging in place to the dynamic and collaborative housing and care system I have long advocated in this […]

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Good Advice from the Financial Advisor

September 12, 2010
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Rainy Sunday morning in the Washington, DC area. Great time to clear some of the piles on my desk. I came upon a Washington Post article I clipped a while ago. Michelle Singletary is a personal finance writer. I often think her writing is directed at folks younger than me, that I have missed all […]

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Labor Day: Aging in Place, Caregiving & Technology

September 7, 2010

Caregiving mirrors the social security insolvency dilemma in one important respect: the number of older folks who are needy is growing while the supply pool is shrinking. Ezra Klein covers the social security insolvency issue in Sunday’s Washington Post in some detail. One line sticks out, “As Stephen C. Goss, the system’s chief actuary, has […]

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