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It’s About More Than Food

February 22, 2012 | Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org

Erickson School Dean Judah Ronch just had a letter-to-the-editor published in the New York Times in response to what I consider an absolutely scandalous and damning expose story about retirement communities that ban residents from eating in the main dining room if they become frail enough to require assisted living or nursing care.

I’m not kidding. Even married couples and longtime friends are barred from eating dinner together if one of the couples has to move out of the independent living section of the retirement community.

Florida Nursing Home Watchdogs: The Truth Has To Be Told

March 30, 2011 | Dr. Bill Thomas

This will not end well. The state Department of Elder Affairs also has notified Florida’s 400 mostly volunteer ombudsmen, instructing them not to speak to the media without alerting a district manager about the conversation and detailing the questions asked. “My biggest concern is that we can still speak for residents, still do yearly assessments […]

Simple Rules For Falling Asleep and other news

March 24, 2011 | Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org

— Life for 13 million older adults is with under $22,000 per year. [GracefulAging] This compelling film produced by the National Council on Aging paints a serious portrait of fragile economic lives in older age. NCOA has begun the One Away campaign to raise awareness on the plight of seniors in fragile economic condition. We’d add that unless […]

Florida’s War On Nursing Home Oversight

March 21, 2011 | Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org

Newly elected Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) came under federal scrutiny last month when he fired the state’s long term care ombudsman, Briand Lee, who acts as the state’s top nursing home watchdog. Lee, considered an aggressive champion of patient’s rights, was the head of a mostly volunteer group of 400 ombudsman who are tasked […]

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