By Ben Lewis • October 25, 2011
Actually NPR’s series is not on its death bed but this will be the last day you can catch the series live on the air. Don’t fret because you can find the pod-casts for this week long series (Oct. 17-Oct. 25) that explores aging and the end of life on NPR’s website. Many of us… Read more »
Posted in Aging In Place Technology, Aging Studies, Caregiving, Dementia and Alzheimer's, Examples of People Engaging As They Age, Homecare, Long-Term Care Insurance, SF Bay Area Aging Events, Technology for Seniors
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Tagged active and engaged retirement, advice for the golden years, alzheimer's, caregiving and faith while aging, caring for aging parents, death and dying, death and the unknown, end of life, end of life journey, expectations for life after work, families and caregivers, hospice, npr, realities of retirement, retirees, retirement
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By Ben Lewis • October 3, 2011
You don’t have to be a teenager to enjoy Facebook! Seniors, even those over 100 (!), are learning how to use Facebook and other social networks to maintain relationships with family and friends. Seniors and Facebook don’t go together like peanut butter and jelly just yet but that is certainly starting to change. Many seniors… Read more »
Posted in Aging In Place Technology, Aging Studies, Computer Lessons for Seniors
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Tagged companions for seniors, companionship for seniors, depression, facebook, ivy bean, loneliness, loneliness and seniors, senior using facebook, seniors and facebook, social isolation
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By Ben Lewis • September 26, 2011
A third of people over the age of 60 have lost their ability to hear due to a decrease in being able to discriminate acoustic information from the environment! This powerful statistic comes from a study conducted by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. A different 2011 study found that being a… Read more »
By Ben Lewis • August 31, 2011
“Social isolation is equivalent to the health effects of smoking 15 cigarettes a day or consuming more than six alcoholic drinks daily,” says Univeristy of Adelaide Professor Andrew Beer. Because of this, Beer has begun a research study to find out how to end social isolation of seniors. Beer is determined to combat the pernicious… Read more »
Posted in Aging Studies
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Tagged age in place, andrew beer, assisted living facility, dementia, nursing home, parkinson's, seniors, social isolation, social isolation of seniors, social programs for seniors, socially isolated
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By Ben Lewis • June 6, 2011
Living Well with Chronic Conditions, a Stanford University Self-Management Program, will begin on Monday, July 11th and is FREE to the public but space is limited. This workshop sounds like a great opportunity for anyone that has a chronic condition or anyone who is a family caregiver, caregiver or taking care of a senior or… Read more »
Posted in Caring for an Aging Parent, Dementia and Alzheimer's, SF Bay Area Aging Events
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Tagged aging parents, avenidas, caregiver, caregiving services, chronic conditions, elder, family caregiver, living a healthy life, peggy simon, primary caregiver, senior, stanford university hospital
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By Ben Lewis • May 13, 2011
Down to the Basics: Senior Care 101 to Illuminate Resources for Seniors and Their Loved Ones Navigating the maze of senior care can be overwhelming and confusing. But there are solutions – and a May 19 community discussion will offer up dozens. Engage As You Age, a company that provides social visits for isolated seniors,… Read more »
By Ben Lewis • April 18, 2011
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 »
Posted in Caregiving, Caring for an Aging Parent, Dementia and Alzheimer's, Homecare
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Tagged caregiving, elders, healthcare, homecare, homecare company, homecare workers, seniors, socialization for the seniors, undercover boss
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By Ben Lewis • April 11, 2011
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 »
By Ben Lewis • April 6, 2011
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 »
By Ben Lewis • April 4, 2011
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 »
Posted in Aging Studies, Books on Aging, SF Bay Area Aging Events
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Tagged avenidas, depression, healthcare, isolation, lonely, meet the author, next medicine, palo alto, science and civics of health, socially engaged, walter bortz
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