I am not sure how I feel about the makers of Windows TM becoming the holders of America’s health information.* Here is a quick summary. The company toots its own horn here. * This blog is written on a Mac G5. I’m just sayin’.
Continue ReadingThe Brad Blog reports on a speech by John Tanner, the Chief of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice. The videotape was rolling when Chief Tanner cut loose with views on how new laws requiring voters to show a photo ID will impact elders. He allows that its “a […]
Continue ReadingThis is a very sad story from the 2007 Chicago Marathon. The temperature hit 92 degrees on the UMBC/Erickson School campus today and the date is October 8! Strange, very strange.
Continue ReadingThe Gimp Parade lays a smack down on private, for-profit investors who are, increasingly speculating in the nursing home real estate market. Blogger Kay Olsen highlights the following from the recent New York Times article that covered this issue. “The typical nursing home acquired by a large investment company before 2006 scored worse than national […]
Continue ReadingThe range and sophistication of non-institutional community-based alternatives to conventional long-term care continue to grow. Many people are glad. Some wish that the status quo would last forever. David Harlow’s Health Care Law Blog picks up the thread with a nice summary of the state of the art. I found the following to be especially […]
Continue ReadingOK so it has been pointed out to me that there are things in life much more important than art. One thing mainly– and that would be… Sports Namely Bowling In particular… Wii Bowling Championship Fever You can. Be. There. Now.
Continue ReadingPeople often ask me what direction I believe the senior housing sector is going to take in the future. I always answer that two emerging trends are going to prove to be central. 1) The spirit of community and a shift from “independence” to “interdependence.” 2) A developmental orientation toward aging, elders and elderhood. It’s […]
Continue ReadingThis is a nifty example of almost (but not really) getting it. You begin with some pretty “far out” and “crazy” talk like this from an AP article on the to “Gray or Not to Gray” controversy… “Kathy Kolbe, a Phoenix-based public speaker and consultant to corporations on human instincts, is one of the comparatively […]
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