medicare and social security insolvency

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… Continue Reading US News – Retirement Fears

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What is right/wrong with this (Aging in Place) Picture

February 22, 2011
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I started reading this USA Today article about states enrolling their long term care clients in private plans to save money. Intriguing. They finally get the cost savings that come from good monitoring and management at home? Clients live in the home of their choice. One client who is sprung form a nursing home is… Continue Reading What is right/wrong with this (Aging in Place) Picture

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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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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?”… Continue Reading What should YOU do to Age in Place?

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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. … Continue Reading Is Caregiving a Housing Issue?

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Aging in Place- Opportunity in Detroit

October 22, 2010
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Paul Bridgewater, the head of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging is excited about improving the city,  the neighborhoods but mostly the lives of Detroit’s older citizens. Many would expect him to be depressed. The statistics for Detroit’s elderly are in line with the employment, economic, literacy and other indicators. Dreary.  But Bridgewater is working… Continue Reading Aging in Place- Opportunity in Detroit

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The Same Aging in Place Page

September 17, 2010
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Eric Dishman is well known and very well respected in the worlds of Aging in Place and Health Technologies.  Eric is the face of Intel’s ethnographic research program on aging and technologies. He is an exciting, authentic speaker. Please watch this ‘TEDMed’  presentation. Fantastic. In just 16 minutes Eric provides a wide ranging hit over… Continue Reading The Same Aging in Place Page

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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… Continue Reading MetLife Aging in Place Report

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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… Continue Reading Good Advice from the Financial Advisor

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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… Continue Reading Labor Day: Aging in Place, Caregiving & Technology

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