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GE-Intel- Aging in Place #2

August 5, 2010
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Listening to the Webcast of the joint venture announcement from GE and Intel I picked up on the following important remarks. Louis Burns from Intel and Omar Ishrak from GE agree that the technology is not the roadblock holding back the market. The barriers are a combination of two major factors:

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GE-Intel, Aging in Place Technology

August 3, 2010
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The big news is that GE and Intel have formed a far reaching alliance to develop and market technology products that “will help seniors live independently and patients with chronic conditions manage their care from the comfort of their home or wherever they choose”* according to a press release from yesterday’s joint company announcement. What… Continue Reading GE-Intel, Aging in Place Technology

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Aging in Place, ;-(, two steps backward?!

July 27, 2010
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This week’s New York Times article, Cuts in Home Care Put Elderly and Disabled at Risk, makes it all too clear that policy makers do not yet understand that well managed care in individual homes saves money. How do we make the point? (1) Strength in numbers. (2) A complete package. Those providing in home… Continue Reading Aging in Place, ;-(, two steps backward?!

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Aging in Place and Dominoes

June 24, 2010

Aging in Place is not a game. It is serious business about dignity, independence, home, national budget and cultural responsibility. Some people think dominoes is a game or a toy but dominoes are also an important and familiar metaphor that works for Aging in Place. You stand dominoes up, and poking one knocks them all… Continue Reading Aging in Place and Dominoes

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Great writing AND he GETS IT!

March 15, 2010

Jonathan Rauch, writing in this month’s The Atlantic, gets it about as well as I have seen it got! His article, Letting Go of My Father, is about caring for his dad. His experience is pretty typical. He understands that from the steady stream of sharing conversation with nearly everyone he encounters, all of whom… Continue Reading Great writing AND he GETS IT!

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Aging in Place- Let's Make it Easy!

February 11, 2010

Working with the simple definition: Aging in Place is NOT being forced from your home due to a health crisis; we know that many folks who want to Age in Place are not able to do it. Families are frustrated because trying is too hard and the alternatives shame us. Almost anyone who has worked… Continue Reading Aging in Place- Let's Make it Easy!

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DYNAMIC systems make Aging in Place work

January 14, 2010

DYNAMIC 2 a : marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change (www.merriam-webster.com) I always stress dynamic in describing the systems and services needed for Aging in Place. Dynamic is important because our lives are always changing. This becomes more important as we are older and require assistance to get through our days and… Continue Reading DYNAMIC systems make Aging in Place work

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Aging in Place – Government Systems and Resources

January 11, 2010

Sara Mansfield Taber’s piece, “Caring for Mom, Mum, and Maman”, in the Outlook section of the Sunday, January 8 Washington Post, hits the nail right on the head. Sara compares her personal experience as a caregiver to the experience of friends in England and France. This is our cohort, folks! We are caregivers. Her comparisons… Continue Reading Aging in Place – Government Systems and Resources

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The Case for Telehealth

January 4, 2010

Telehealth is remote health care visits. The obvious use and value of telehealth is when the patient and health care professional cannot be in the same place. The clearest examples include a sailor on the high seas or the famous case of the physician in the arctic who diagnosed and treated her cancer for months… Continue Reading The Case for Telehealth

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Aging in Place-Two Keys

December 30, 2009

The New York Times Blog, The New Old Age is a really good and wide ranging approach to the issues of coping and caring. The current entry on small scale assisted living by Paula Span, is right on the button, as I would expect. Clicking around as things work with on line media I hit… Continue Reading Aging in Place-Two Keys

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