Tag: engage as you age
By Stacey Palevsky • December 20, 2011
Three months ago, you could find this septuagenarian on stage with his bluegrass band, or in the Presidio, running his daily dose of 16 miles. Sadly, Warren Hellman, founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival and the Bay Citizen, died Sunday evening from complications of leukemia, his family said. He was 77. Hellman was certainly on to something…. Read more »
By Stacey Palevsky • October 24, 2011
Ninety-five years is 34,698 days. Which is another way of saying that 95 years is an achievement. An achievement worthy of a billboard. On Highway 101 South, a billboard celebrates this very milestone, announcing Lou Poletti’s 95th birthday. Poletti started Poletti Realty, a South San Francisco family business founded in 1956. The full-sized billboard at… Read more »
By Stacey Palevsky • September 6, 2011
One of college basketball’s best female coaches announced in August that she was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s — but that she would continue coaching in spite of the diagnosis. “I plan to continue to be your coach,” Pat Summitt said in a two-minute video statement released by the University of Tennessee’s athletic department. Summitt… Read more »
By Stacey Palevsky • March 1, 2011
Three nonprofit groups in the Bay Area are collaborating to offer a Senior Travel Training Program, which is designed to teach older adults — those age 55 and older — how to use public transit, such as AC Transit, BART and city-specific shuttles such as Emeryville’s Emery-go-Round.
By Stacey Palevsky • February 23, 2011
Japanese inventors are developing a wearable sensor to improve the care of its nation’s seniors. The device is not yet ready for commercial use, but already senior caregivers in Japan are talking about the broad implications of the invention, which will be able to track a seniors’ movements with a built-in microphone, camera and motion… Read more »
Posted in Aging In Place Technology, Caregiving, Caring for an Aging Parent, Homecare, Technology for Seniors
Tagged age in place, caregiver, engage as you age, george demiris, homecare, senior caregivers, senior home care, social needs, Technology for Seniors
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By Ben Lewis • January 3, 2011
2010 was a great year for Engage As You Age. We’ve touched a lot of people’s lives in meaningful ways and provided meaningful employment for many San Francisco Bay Area residents. We’re excited about 2011 and look forward to working with many seniors throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. So if you know someone that… Read more »
Posted in Engage As You Age News, Examples of People Engaging As They Age
Tagged aging parent, baby boomers, caregiver, caregiving, companionship for seniors, computer lessons for seniors, engage as you age, meaningful employment, san francisco bay area, senior services, seniors
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By Ben Lewis • December 14, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE An Open Book in Old Age: Start-Up Partners with Berkeley Publisher to Offer Marin Seniors Specialized Book Group San Francisco, CA (December 14, 2010) — Marin seniors will soon have an opportunity to participate in a free book group tailored to their needs, interests and perspectives. Thanks to a partnership between the… Read more »
Posted in Engage As You Age News, SF Bay Area Aging Events
Tagged adrian mcintyre, engage as you age, i'jaam, khirbet khizeh, marin county, marin county seniors, s. yizhar, seniors, seniors in marin county, seniors in mill valley, sinan antoon, small press distribution, social stimulation, spd books
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By Ben Lewis • November 1, 2010
About 3 months ago it did not look like the San Francisco Giants were going to make it to the playoffs (let alone the World Series!). Engage As You Age scheduled a panel discussion at the Larkspur Library for Monday, November 1st, 2010. We had no idea that Buster Posey would go on a tear… Read more »
Posted in Engage As You Age News, SF Bay Area Aging Events
Tagged 2010 world series, 400 magnolia avenue, ben lewis, brian wilson, caregiving, engage as you age, fear the beard, homecare, larkspur library, long-term care insurance, san francisco giants, senior care 101
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By Ben Lewis • September 8, 2010
On Saturday, September 11th, San Francisco State University is hosting a fabulous event – Creativity: The Arts and Your Gray Matter. Engage As You Age is one of the events sponsors. Come by our booth and meet our founder Ben Lewis as well as one of our activity specialists. Octogenarian Jimmy Cobb will perform live… Read more »
Posted in Aging Studies, Examples of People Engaging As They Age, SF Bay Area Aging Events
Tagged brain science, creativity as we age, creativity the arts and your gray matter, engage as you age, jazz drummers, jimmy cobb, miles davis, olli, sfsu
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By Ben Lewis • June 1, 2010
In a study that tracked the emotions of 340,000 adults, Arthur Stone, a professor of psychiatry at Stony Brook University, recently found that happiness drops off in someone’s 20′s and increases again beginning in someone’s 50′s. Stone’s study was based on self report via a Gallup phone survey. His findings factored in the employment, marital… Read more »
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