aging

The Say/Do Gap

August 8, 2017
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87% of Americans want to Age in Place. This repeatedly confirmed and often cited data is behind nearly every article on the older people demographic, caring for our families, preserving social security, medicare and the healthcare system or the market for home remodeling and monitoring technologies. It is, frankly, the rationale for the last 20+… Continue Reading The Say/Do Gap

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Crossing Silos – Aging in Place, Medical Equipment, Policy

May 2, 2016
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Aging is complex. Organizing across silos of government and industries is the secret innovation sauce needed to create systems that engage that complexity. Ignoring the complexity, wishing it isn’t true and isolated tweaks to the unsystematic legacy of the shrinking government long term care safety net are not going to cut it. We need a… Continue Reading Crossing Silos – Aging in Place, Medical Equipment, Policy

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Provocateurs?

April 22, 2016
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If we are going to have disruption we must have provocateurs. We need people with the courage to challenge us to look really hard at the realities around us, the status quo of our institutions and solutions and how we can achieve alignment. Kathryn Lawler and Ken Dychtwald fit this description. Ms. Lawler may not… Continue Reading Provocateurs?

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Matthias Hollwich’s book getting good coverage —WHY?

April 6, 2016
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Matthias Hollwich’s  book, NEW AGING is getting lots of good coverage. My friends send me the NPR link many times a day. WHY? Because it is a really creative AND wonderfully novel approach to the the issues, the topic and the delivery. Matthias is a very sweet, thoughtful and creative guy. He is outside the… Continue Reading Matthias Hollwich’s book getting good coverage —WHY?

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Sanders: Aging-in-Place is ‘Civil Rights Issue’

February 18, 2016
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Senior issues haven’t gotten the attention they deserve in the 2016 presidential campaign, according to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Judging from how many candidates appeared at a recent forum on the topic, he may be right. Attendees got a taste of two candidates’ views on seniors issues at Seniors Decide 2016…”

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Cast YOUR Vote for age-friendly home incentives

February 15, 2016
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You know we need more age friendly homes. I’m taking the first step to put tax incentives for age-friendly home improvements in front of the presidential candidates with my new organization, HomesRenewed.org. We already have incentives for solar collectors and hybrid cars – the next step is incentives for Aging in Place. I’ve done all… Continue Reading Cast YOUR Vote for age-friendly home incentives

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The Big Problem & Paths to Solution

February 3, 2016
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What is the biggest challenge America faces regarding aging? Housing and caring for the growing number of older Americans. Finances, transportation in urban, rural and suburban situations, isolation and attitudes about aging cannot be ignored but if we solve the big problem, Where can older people live with choice, dignity and control as health changes and… Continue Reading The Big Problem & Paths to Solution

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