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Aging in Place Institute Action Salon

April 11, 2012
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Katie Sloan of Leading Age and I kicked off the Aging in Place Institute with an Action Salon on March 30, 2012 in Washington, D. C.   A roaring FORTY ONE stakeholders from various disciplines, sectors and interests attended. It was a lively group of passionate players from business, not for profits and government.  Folks came […]

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Recognizing the Realities of Medical Aging

April 10, 2012
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Aging advocates have long lamented the lack of geriatricians and the general disregard for the reality of aging health- multiple chronic co morbidities – from our medical system which developed to treat acute illnesses. Many things- health care reform, the growing population of older people, more medical/health professionals dealing with their own families – are […]

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Aging in Place Means Business

March 26, 2012
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There is a good article on Aging in Place business in Sunday’s Washington Post.  The products and services mentioned in the article are not aging in place specific. One could easily fit an article about drug compliance, another about niche opportunities in disruptive transportation, and the third is also used in residential facilities. The significance is […]

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Wall Street Journal Article Skips Past Opportunity

March 21, 2012
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There is something missing from the conversation. It is not the monitors. It is not the home modifications remodeling. It is not the home health, meals delivery or adult day care.  This Wall Street Journal article glides past the paragraph that hints at the opportunity. It is the management hub for Aging in Place 2.0. […]

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A Rash of Summits, No Crossing the Divide

February 3, 2012
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My friend Bob Barkin asked me “How was the big summit?”  At first I did not get what he was talking about. He had glanced at my blog and saw more than one Summit headline.  Then I realized he thought all the summits I have written about lately was ONE summit.  He thought it was […]

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CMS – BIG $…the Future….. of Innovation?

January 26, 2012
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The big buzz in creating better models of care is the $1,000,000,000 CMS Innovation Center plans to throw into the mix in the next few weeks. A billion dollars should create some buzz. I have spoken to folks from major corporations and venture funds about their applications for the CMS Care Innovations Challenge funding. It […]

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Silvers Summit/ Digital Health 2012

January 18, 2012
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My how time flies!  I started to report on last week’s Silvers Summit at CES  (Consumer Electronics Show) by referring to my write up last year. Turns out the last one I wrote was two years ago! This was the first time I attended the Silvers Summit or CES. So, Can I write the same […]

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BEST Panel at Silvers Summit

January 16, 2012
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I predicted my panel would be the best at the Silvers Summit. I was right! Not that the competition wasn’t fierce. There were plenty of great folks talking about great things. I lead off with the twin themes that Aging in Place is not about isolated homes and individuals but homes that are part of […]

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Silvers Summit in Las Vegas

January 9, 2012
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I am heading to Las Vegas to lead a panel at the Silvers Summit day of the annual Consumer Electronics Show. I am very excited because this is the first time the Silvers Summit is covering the issues of home and community. I put together what I know will be the very best panel of […]

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Leading Age- Change is in the Air

October 24, 2011
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I did not take last week off! I attended the Leading Age (formerly AAHSA) conference, Celebrate Age,  here in DC.  I really owe it to my friend and colleague Joel Shapira. If he had not come down from Chicago and pulled me along I would have slipped in and out, not fully attentive. The switch […]

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