Monthly Archives: April 2011

Undercover Boss and Homecare and Caregiving

April 18, 2011 – 2:33 pm

Last night CBS featured a homecare company on its show Undercover Boss. What stood out to us at Engage As You Age was that the healthcare and caregiving scenes on the program seemed to focus on most everything but socialization for the seniors. Aside from bingo we didn’t see much meaningful conversation. Laundry was done,… Read more »

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Jeanne Calment: A 32-Year Reverse Mortgage and 122 Years on Earth!

April 11, 2011 – 12:00 am

When Jeanne Calment turned 90 she decided to have a reverse mortgage so that she could receive income for the rest of her life in exchange for her property. Any actuary would tell you that the odds were in the favor of the bank coming out ahead in this financial transaction. Jeanne Calment beat the… Read more »

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Alzheimer’s and Obituaries in San Francisco

April 6, 2011 – 2:22 pm

I just did a search for “Alzheimer’s” on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website and roughly 3 out of 4 of the results were obituaries. There are plenty of statistics that you can find on Alzheimer’s (often courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Association) but I personally find the results of this search that I just did extremely… Read more »

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Dr. Bortz to speak in Palo Alto about “Next Medicine….” on Tuesday April 5th

April 4, 2011 – 1:03 am

On Tuesday, April 5th, there will be a “Meet the Author” presentation at Avenidas in Palo Alto, California. The author will be Dr. Walter Bortz and he’ll be discussing his recent book (released in January 2011) New Medicine: The Science and Civics of Health. The stats that jump out at you are that Americans spend… Read more »

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