Alzheimer’s Disease Has a Brand Problem
Alzheimer’s overwhelmingly negative brand associations have made it difficult to galvanize public support demanding effective treatments and prevention.
Eden Show or Tell
Should The Eden Alternative and The Green House Project become more active and aggressive and place a new emphasis on showing providers what change looks and feels like?
Celebrate National Nursing Home Week…..You Make a Difference!!!
As we come upon National Nursing Home Week, the reality is we aren’t likely to see a special section of the greeting cards aisle in the store dedicated to this theme.
The Eden Alternative: Using Community Involvement to Reframe Aging
Engagement with the broader community helps bring meaning and joy to elders living in The Eden Alternative-registered Sherbrooke Community Centre in Saskatoon, Canada.
May Marks 10 years Since The First Green House Homes Opened Their Doors
NEW VIDEO: Steve McAlilly, the visionary leader who believed in The Green House model and brought it to his organization, tells a story about its impact.
The Apple of Long Term Care
If McKnight’s Long Term Care News thinks The Green House Project is the Apple of aging services, let me introduce you to the “Steve Wosniak” of the Green House.
Changing Aging Innovators: Iggy Fanlo of Lively
My recent blog post Call For Thought Leaders: Who is Changing Aging? generated an amazing response and introduced me to an innovative new company called Lively.
The Timeless Power of the Learning Circle
As Westerners, we’re not conditioned to be deep listeners. It takes commitment to lead by example to shift our cultural tendency to speak first and listen later.
Technology For Aging in Place
The next wave of advances in aging in place technology is focused more on incorporating software programs and monitoring device into the home.
The Wall Street Journal Investigates: How Does Dementia Impact Health-Care Spending?
The Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics Blog highlights the financial impact of The Green House model on slowing the cost increase of dementia care.
Safe to Reduce Antipsychotics Says New Study
A recent article in McKnight’s Long Term Care magazine highlights a study that concludes it is safe in most cases to eliminate antipsychotic drugs.
Becoming Well-Known Through the Use of Technology
LakeWood Care Center in Baudette, Minn. has installed digital slideshows in their home with pictures of care partner employees, Elders, family members and activities.
Diversity Drives Change
Let’s face it. Care that is genuinely person-directed can’t exist without a dedication to diversity awareness.
After the Diagnosis, the Get-Togethers
Three years ago, Kennard Lehmann walked out of a neurologist’s office in Sacramento, Calif., newly diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, a prescription in hand and absolutely no idea where to turn for help.
The doctor hadn’t given him a list of resources or discussed how Mr. Lehmann might go about finding them. Knowing nothing about Alzheimer’s, his wife swiped a magazine she had been reading in the doctor’s office to take home and read.
Thus began a journey all too familiar to people with Alzheimer’s — one that Mr. Lehmann, 75, describes as “being put in a box.”
Martin Bayne Talks about Life on the Inside
Today’s must read is an interview that Martin Bayne recently gave to the New York Times.
Facilitating Empowerment is a Full Continuum Experience
Feeling empowered is vital to our continued growth and development, no matter who we are, or where we live or work.
Gardens Support Care
Check out what Design for Generations has to say about the unique impact gardening can have in care environments in his article, “Incorporating Gardens Care Planning.”
Call For Thought Leaders: Who is Changing Aging?
I need some help from ChangingAging readers to put together a list of the most dynamic, leading-edge thought leaders across the spectrum of aging services.
A Great White Whine
I recently had a conversation here about an idea that would simultaneously improve the quality of life for residents while saving the lives of rescue animals.
A 27-Year-Old Takes on the World of Elders – Part 2
Yesterday, Marcie talked about encountering elder paranoia, no free lunches, professionalism and differences in dress habits of the young and old. Here is Part 2:
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