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A collaboration between Nazareth College and St. John’s in Rochester has just won the Sigma Phi Omega Service Project Award for innovation in undergraduate education.
David Steitz, PhD, teaches an upper level psychology course called “Issues in Aging”. On most campuses this would simply be a class of young adults, taught by a middle-aged [...]

Here is a bone-chilling look at ageism…
Not for the faint of heart.
Look at the comments.
If you dare…

“What are Old People For?”
It’s a provocative question and the title of Dr. Bill Thomas’ last book. Bill recently sat down with Allison McNair of New Hampshire Public Television to answer this question.
The video is hosted on the Changingaging channel in the right hand column of the blog.
Enjoy!

I recently received news that an old friend of mine is taking the reins at AARP’s Global Network.
Edward Newburn has been appointed the Senior Vice President to lead AARP’s international work. Since joining AARP in 2002, he has worked in State and National Initiatives, the Office of the CEO, and currently is in [...]

This continues a spate of bad economic news for older people.
The  Great Recession has been especially hard on Real Estate and Equities– two of what had been reliable havens for economic security in old age.
Now the labor market for older people is in trouble…
In times of economic downturn, young people often bemoan their job prospects: [...]

“What are Old People For?” It’s a provocative question and the title of Dr. Bill Thomas’ last book. Bill recently sat down with Allison McNair of New Hampshire Public Television to answer this question.
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The United States Senate, filled with millionaires and trust fund babies, has less and less in common with a people’s deliberative legislature.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A measure to give some 57 million elderly people, veterans and persons with disabilities a $250 check was rejected by the Senate on Wednesday, a setback for the powerful seniors’ lobby.
President [...]

An excellent reader comment…
Relating to this post

Reece Peak
March 3rd, 2010
The concept of “intergenerational housing” is very intriguing to me. I feel like, although the article may not say so, there is a difference between housing being “intergenerational” and housing being “multi-generational”. Multi-generational housing simply could be people of different generations living together, inter-generational housing [...]

This just in from a very clever guy who also happens to be following the blog and the facebook page. The idea is a low cost strategy for getting the music people love delivered to the nursing home bedside. David Schofman, founder of Coro Health writes…
To us, MusicFirst represents a philosophy of using [...]

Noted with interest…

POSITIVE AGING: National Conference (Mar. 14-15, 2010, Chicago).
There will be a Positive Aging Conference prior to the national meeting of the American Society on Aging and National Council on Aging at that time. This event, sponsored by National Louis University, feature drumming and dancing, along with best practices about positive aging through workshops, [...]