Jim Klobuchar - Reality Overtakes an Idyll of Years on the Trail
Jim Klobuchar honors the members of the Minneapolis Hiking Club.
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Aging in Minnesota - Two Events - Mark Your Calendars
Information on Transform 2010 event and Vital Aging Network forum.
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Age Wave - How Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidates Would Approach it
How are Minnesota's Gubernatorial candidates viewing aging?
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What's the Secret to Living Past 100?
The U.S. has more than 50,000 centenarians. How do you get to 100 and beyond?
Ecumen Opens New Senior Housing in Maplewood, Minnesota
Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood provides new senior housing in Maplewood, Minnesota.
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Don't Be Mean to Old People (Or Any People) - Check out the Video
A little levity with a good lesson.
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Jim Klobuchar -- A Man Confides His Pain
Successful sobriety is best savored and supported among friends. Especially since sobriety may accentuate one's ability to see more clearly and feel more deeply, including the most painful bits. Jim Klobuchar muses on the value of friends, honesty -- and even pain -- along the journey.
Governor Candidates and Elder Care
Elderly waiver is a fast-growing component of the state budget. It pays for the care of lower-income seniors who wish to stay at home or in an assisted living apartment, rather than in a far more costly nursing home. Seniors like Jackie, a resident at Ecumen Lakeview Commons, who contributed to a Minnesota Public Radio article on the subject. MPR's Dan Olson assesses where gubernatorial candidates Emmer, Dayton, and Horner stand on expanding the elderly waiver. Read the MPR article about Elderly Waiver, which aired Oct. 6th on All Things Considered -- http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/10/06/elderly-waiver/.
Tom Horner Talks Aging
Ecumen asked the three gubernatorial candidates to respond to the following five questions about their vision for aging in Minnesota. Tom Horner, gubernatorial candidate from the Independence Party, provides his response below. We will post responses from the other two candidates as we receive them.
Jim Klobuchar on Retirement: Favre, Bliss & Blitzes
Regarding our "golden years," retirement considerations may have changed the most dramatically, with the greatest impact. For the fortunate, continued employment is still a matter of personal fulfillment over the need for continued financial stability and health care coverage. For the Most Fortunate, it is the only consideration.
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