Culture Change
It’s About More Than Food
My old boss and current Dean of the Erickson School at UMBC just had a letter-to-the-editor published in the New York Times in response to what I consider an absolutely scandalous and damning expose story about retirement communities that ban residents from eating in the main dining room if they become frail enough to require assisted living or nursing care.
I’m not kidding. Even married couples and longtime friends are barred from eating dinner together if one of the couples has to move out of the independent living section of the retirement community.
Full Story »Innovation in Senior Living – What If?
“What if?”
It’s a key part of Michelle Holleran’s article for LeadingAge entitled “Innovation in Senior Living,” which has insights for transformation in the world of aging services and beyond. It also includes this excerpt from a recent innovation summit in Colorado, which Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts attended and describes:
New radicals?
This weekend, the nice people at NESTA included Shared Lives in an article you can read online (http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/britains_new_radicals/alex_fox_shared_lives) and a mention in the Observer, under the heading ‘Britain’s New Radicals’. Shared Lives as a new form of radicalism is interesting. Whilst Shared Lives Plus was founded in the 1990s, Shared Lives isn’t a very new form of radicalism: it’s been [...]
The Common Good
By Katie Huffstetler In an article recently featured on The Huffington Post, author Gabe Lyons made this observation… “The historic definition of the “common
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Strategies for Aging in Place: A Roommate
Informal group living is a trend in housing for seniors who don’t want to move to industrial senior care where they may be locked out of the main dining room if they become disabled. If you don’t believe you could get locked out of the di…
Full Story »This is Ageism
A woman writing about how she experiences the simple act of shopping shows just how how banal and ordinary the discrimination against older people can be:
Full Story »MHCO Green House project moving quickly The Bluffton Icon
Things are moving quickly on the Mennonite Home Communites of Ohio's Green House project on Augsburger Road. Trusses are in place and roof work is underway.www.blufftonicon.com/…/mhco-green-house-project-moving-…
Full Story »April 2012 Guide Training Registration: April 10-12, 2012
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Logistics: April Guide Training April 10-12, 2012
Hello Colleagues! THE GREEN HOUSE® Project is pleased that we will have such a wonderful group participating in our Coaching for Supervision training on April 10-12, 2012. See below for updates in the logistical planning for our three intensive days … Continue reading →
Full Story »Long Term Care Insurance – Funding For All Long Term Care Needs
The first long-term care policies were offered about 40 years ago. These were primarily nursing home-only policies designed to take over when Medicare rehabilitation ran out. They were not the comprehensive benefit policies we see today. Long Term Care Insurance policies today are greatly diversified in their coverage. Home care, nursing home costs, adult day [...]
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Visiting Europe’s Most Rapidly Aging Nation
I hope readers will excuse a slower news week here at ChangingAging.org as your editor is traveling in the exotic and frigid country of Finland. One of the European Union’s smallest countries, Finland has the strongest economy behind only Germany but it also has the most rapidly growing aging population in the EU, making aging one of the most pressing issues in this north Baltic country.
Full Story »The Importance of Rhythms for Dementia Patients in Eliminating “Sundowners” and Other “Behaviors”
By Dr. Allen Power, Eden Mentor, St. John’s Home, Rochester, N.Y., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester I recently had the pleasure of visiting with an elder who experiences frequent distress in the late afternoon. I was immediately struck by the connection of her anxiety and desire to leave with a lot of change-of-shift activity. This [...]
Highlighting The Green House Project Team: Melissa Honig The
Melissa Honig, Project Guide with The Green House Project since 2007. It was the simple act of delivering a cup of water to an elder in a nursing home when …thegreenhouseproject.org/highlighting-the-green-house-projec…
Full Story »Culture Change in Texas with Dr. Bill Thomas
Dr. Bill Thomas is an award-winning writer and an international expert on Elderhood and geriatric medicine. He is likely best-known as the founder of The Eden …archive.constantcontact.com/fs022/…/1109232932258.html
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Life, Liberty And The Pursuit of Culture Change in Texas
Culture change is coming to Texas, and like all things Texan, it’s coming in a big way.
I am honored to be invited to lead a day-long conference near Houston March 12 on “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness — Transforming the Culture of Long Term Care,” that I believe will set Texas on the path to becoming a national culture change leader.
Full Story »Highlighting The Green House Project Team: Melissa Honig
It was the simple act of delivering a cup of water to an elder in a nursing home when Melissa was 12 years old that launched her life’s journey to make the world a better place for elders.
Melissa and her sister were visiting their Great Grandmother at the nursing home, running around trying to be helpful, when Melissa came upon an elder that wanted “just a cup of water”.
Full Story »Ageism
Near the end of 2011, Jude and I got to talking about the days on Summer Hill when we used to teach together at the retreat center we built there. We had some great times and there are more than a few of you who were there and remember it too. We decided we needed to teach together again and, working with the Eden team, we have put together a series of three webinars on topics that we think are both important and underappreciated. The first of these deals with Ageism.
Full Story »News from The Grove
Highlights: The Lunar New Year was celebrated by over fifty residents and staff with the finest food, flowers and song. Talk Story storytelling class continues. Instructor Alicia writes: “We are preparing for our February Live Event. My students are very … Continue reading →
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Advocates For Developmental Disabilities Join ChangingAging
The ChangingAging Blogstream is excited to welcome it’s newest member and Blogstream contributor, Sunrise Communities, Inc., a Miami-based nonprofit serving the needs of people with developmental disabilities from Florida to Connecticut. By embracing the use of social media and launching a new blog, Sunrise hopes to provide increased community engagement for self-advocates and activists and provide accurate, best-practice information on developmental and acquired disabilities.
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A Legacy of Change: Honoring African American Heroes
Martin Luther King, Jr. had a humble dream that resonated throughout all of America’s history, by reaching back and re-examining what it means to be treated equally; with respect, love and empathy. His vision, like those of many other Civil Rights leaders and African American social reformers, lit the path to freedom for humanity and created a foundation for many groups who are moved by civil rights and social justice; including culture change of long term care.
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