Skilled Healthcare — a Foothill Ranch-based owner, operator and supporter of 101 nursing-care facilities — has put itself and its assets up for sale. Man, I wish I could get my hands on these facilities. Last year, Skilled Healthcare agreed to pay $50 million in a lawsuit settlement over staffing at its California nursing homes. That […]
Continue ReadingRegular readers know well that I am fascinated by “mash-ups.” These are creative digital works that combine (or “mashup”) two or more original creative works. The video embedded below is a mashup of the trailer for the hit movie “Inception” and the animated television series “My Little Pony.” From the Wiki… Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) […]
Continue ReadingA majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults who answered a national online survey believe that staff of long-term care facilities would discriminate against an LGBT elder who was open about his or her sexual orientation, and more than half believe that staff or other residents would abuse or neglect an LGBT […]
Continue ReadingDoug Osborne sends along an update on the project in Sheridan… The Green House Living for Sheridan project is in construction as of April 1st with a contract completion date of 10/25/2011. We hope to be serving elders before Christmas this year. We believe this will be the first grassroots/volunteer, no mother ship Green House […]
Continue ReadingLast night I got a nice note from a regular reader who was concerned that Changing Aging might become a “political blog.” He was reacting to a couple of posts we did on the GOP’s proposal to abolish Medicare. I wrote back to him and, after sleeping on it, thought it might be a good […]
Continue ReadingAt a press conference in Washington D.C. today Representative Paul Ryan unveiled his plan to abolish Medicare. An observer who was watching the Q and A that followed official statements noted that there was… Not a single question about the substance of the GOP’s plan to eliminate Medicare during their 37-minute press conference unveiling their […]
Continue ReadingThe idea of abolishing Medicare is gaining attention in Washington, D.C. This blog will be defending Medicare in this battle so buckle your seat belts. I thought it might be useful to start that defense with a look at how deep the historical roots of health insurance go. From the Wiki… The concept of health […]
Continue ReadingI have always argued that ChangingAging has the internet’s best commenters, now I know, for certain, that it’s true. This comment is the reason I do what I do and why it is imperative that we succeed in changing aging. It’s 2:15 am as I sit in a nursing home where my mother who is […]
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