Weekly ChangingAging Roundup The Hippie Index Were You a Square? We Are Not the Alzheimer’s Generation! The Caregiver Boom The Politics of Aging Announcing The Inaugural Poetics of Aging Conference Time To Redefine ‘Wellness’ in Aging Services Assessing Organizational Well-Being on the Journey Dementia Beyond Drugs: A Culture Change Perspective GE Healthcare Finance Award for […]
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One of my recent manifestos on what ‘changing aging’ means inspired an interesting blog post at LeadingAge. LeadingAge is very interested in using its clout to influence how the caregiving industry views the concept of “wellness” in long term care. They have set out to create a new definition of “Wellness” that promotes the idea that older adults can remain fully engaged “in living throughout their lives — regardless of real or perceived barriers.”
Continue ReadingAn interesting piece of news arrives telling me that the number of caregivers in California is set to double. One of the problems associated with this boom it that many of these soon-to-be caregivers are themselves facing the prospect of an “unhealthy future due to higher rates of poor health behaviors, compared with both non-caregivers in the same age range and older caregivers.”
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San Francisco-based AgeSong Institute has organized a grassroots gathering of pro-aging performing artists, directors, writers and advocates for the inaugural Poetics of Aging conference Nov. 16-19, 2011, to celebrate and explore elderhood and aging as the basis for depth and wisdom. The mission of the conference is to counter the belief that aging is decline and/or disease and to promote a new understanding of old age as a time of growth and potential, not in spite of living longer, but because of it.
Continue ReadingFile this story under “Not Exactly a Surprise.” MIAMI — In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.
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The aging of the post-war generation is not a surprise. For decades pundits have warned of a coming intergenerational conflict pitting the needs of aging boomers against younger generations. I was just interviewed on the “Politics of Aging” in regards to my upcoming participation in a panel discussion on the same topic at the Poetics […]
Continue ReadingI am putting together an “Index” of the top/most important/influential Hippie culture books, people and places. Not ranked in any particular in order,here is what I have so far…. Be Here Now is one of the first guides, for those not born as Hindus, to becoming a yogi, by a person himself not born a […]
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Ecumen, a long term care provider in Minnesota, recently completed one of the first ever trials to reduce psychotropic drug use among 10 patients. Not only was the program 100 percent successful in eliminating psychotropic drugs without adverse behavioral effects, but the patients all showed increased engagement and social interaction. Last week the AP filed this inspiring report.
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