The Checkout Line - The First Online Advice Column for the Terminally Ill, Their Friends and Relatives

Date
Dec 16th, 2009 10:14am
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
Honor

Introducing the first daily online advice column for the terminally ill and their friends and relatives.

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Medical Students, Seminarians Move to Senior Housing to Live and Learn

Date
Dec 16th, 2009 9:30am
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
senior housing

University of Minnesota physician sees win-win learning with new collaboration.

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Ladders, Holiday Lights and Aging in Place

Date
Dec 11th, 2009 6:10pm
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
living fully

Aging in Place's Pat Roden has a reminder on ladders and holiday lights, which can be a bad combination.

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Can Old People Just Be People?

Date
Dec 11th, 2009 5:44pm
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
living fully

What does age have to do with it?  Great question by writer Sy Rosen.

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New Senior Housing in Bemidji Opens Through North Country Health Services and Ecumen Collaboration

Date
Dec 9th, 2009 10:22am
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
senior housing

North Country Health Services and Ecumen collaborate on creating beautiful new senior housing community in Bemidji, Minnesota.

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Senate Votes to Keep CLASS Act for Long-Term Care

Date
Dec 4th, 2009 4:44pm
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
Public Policy

The U.S. Senate today voted to include The CLASS Act in its health care bill.

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U.S. Senate Call-In Day (DEC. 3): Save the CLASS Plan

Date
Dec 2nd, 2009 4:32pm
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
Public Policy

We need your voice to save the CLASS Plan TODAY December 3rd.

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Jim Klobuchar -- Marooned in the Place Where Agatha Dwelled

Date
Nov 24th, 2009 6:55pm
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
Jim Klobuchar

Adventure traveler and Ecumen blog contributor Jim Klobuchar follows his inner Agatha Christie to Egypt.

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Connie Goldman's New Book Explores Women's Insights on Aging

Date
Nov 23rd, 2009 9:58am
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
lifelong learning

Connie Goldman's new book, "Who Am I . . . Now that I'm Not Who I Was?" is a gift of conversations that can make a difference.

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Former Seattle Times Columnist Launches New Blog on Changing Aging

Date
Nov 23rd, 2009 9:48am
Author
Eric Schubert
Category
living fully

Aging Well Consortium seeks to empower people in aging deliberately.

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