Elder Innovation

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Elder Innovators - A Benefit of the Age Wave

Vocational growth is exploding in the elder years - welcome to the new normal.

2009-06-28 21:55:00 View
Candidate Paul Thissen Looking to Bring Age Wave Innovation to Minnesota Governor's Office

Rep. Paul Thissen, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate, puts age wave and long-term care as major issue and opportunity for innovation.

2009-07-17 10:23:00 View
You're Invited to Citizens League Workshop on Innovation in Long-Term Care Financing

You're invited to participate in series of three citizen workshops will be convened in the Twin Cities in August; each will work at creating incentives that produce a financially sustainable system of quality long-term care.

2009-07-20 16:59:00 View
Coca-Cola Ad for Seniors, For Everyone

I like the message in this ad by Coca-Cola.

2009-08-04 12:28:00 View
An Aging World is Brilliant News

"Global Group Think" says aging is a huge global challenge, but look a bit deeper: the age wave is incredible opportunity for unprecedented innovation.

2009-08-07 10:00:00 View
Older Workers and Reinventing Retirement

Who's going to retire at 65? 

2009-09-09 14:13:00 View
When Will Target Stores Embrace Aging?

Hopefully Target will start carrying designer Michael Graves new signature style product line for seniors and others living with disabilities.

2009-10-08 11:19:00 View
Transforming the Aging Experience by Eskaton

A great read from Eskaton for people interested in transforming the aging experience.

2009-10-28 18:14:00 View
Two Caregiving Experiences That Have Inspired Innovation

It's continually amazing what people's caregiving experiences inspire.

2009-11-12 17:16:00 View
Former Seattle Times Columnist Launches New Blog on Changing Aging

Aging Well Consortium seeks to empower people in aging deliberately.

2009-11-23 09:48:00 View
Kathryn Roberts - The Woman Behind Ecumen

A neat story by Twin Cities Business Magazine about Ecumen leader Kathryn Roberts and the progress of the company.

2010-01-20 14:39:00 View
What Does Avatar Have to Do With Aging in Place?

The hit movie's connections to aging in place.

2010-01-27 16:59:00 View
Innovation and PERS (Personal Emergency Response System)

Interesting post from Lori Orlov at Aging in Place Technology Watch.

2010-02-16 14:40:00 View
Changing Aging in Bayfield, Wisconsin, Through CORE

Picturesque community on Wisconsin's North Shore is changing aging.

2010-02-16 16:48:00 View
Rock On, Dick Clark: Vance Opperman's Letter to the Wall Street Journal

Twin Cities Business Magazine publisher Vance Opperman tells Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief that older people move America and should be celebrated, not denigrated.

2010-02-22 12:29:00 View
Empowering One's Joy of Bingo at Ecumen

Senior housing and services is about empowering people and honoring them as Merry Kole demonstrates.

2010-07-23 14:21:00 View
9,999,999 Kindred Spirits

Richard Taylor, a retired psychologist, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's-type dementia in 2001 at the age of 58. Now 67, he is a champion for individuals with early-stage and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, and author of the book Alzheimer's from the Inside Out (Health Professions Press, 2006).

The following plea by Dr. Taylor expresses what we at Ecumen believe in most strongly -- empowering our residents with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia to live life as fully as possible. That's why we're embarking on a groundbreaking initiative at all of our skilled nursing centers to free these individuals from any and all unnecessary medications that are sadly, typically, prescribed to "calm" the most disturbing symptoms of dementia.

"Awakenings" is supported by a grant from the State of Minnesota...

2010-11-01 15:48:00 View
31 Quick Answers for Launching Innovation in the Longevity Revolution

Innovation will be prevalent in this new decade of senior housing and services.

2011-01-04 10:53:00 View
The future of senior housing is NOT senior housing - What Do you Think?

At what point does an older adult decide that what he or she would most prefer is to live exclusively with other older adults?  For some, never, we think.  Here's how we're thinking about the future of senior housing.   Read on, and tell us if you agree! 

2011-02-28 11:13:00 View
Empowering Gift Idea: Ecumen Offers Presto Computerless Email to People Who Don't Have Computers

Ecumen and Presto Computerless Email team up to on special offer to bring email to people who don't have computers and empower them.

2011-05-12 14:29:00 View
Ecumen's Lakeshore Brings Generations Together Under One Roof

Senior living at Lakeshore in Duluth has become a little livelier recently with the addition of the Little Treasures Child Care and Family Center to its campus. Read more in the Duluth News Tribune's article about how this new opportunity is making a difference in the lives of young and old alike.

2011-07-28 16:12:00 View
Great Employees Make Great Places to Work

Great people make Ecumen a great place to work! Congratulations to the nearly 4,000 Ecumen employees who are changing aging every day. For the seventh straight year, Ecumen has been named by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as one of Minnesota's “Best Places to Work."

2011-08-25 10:12:00 View
The DL Tribune Shares the Empowering Stories of Two Detroit Lakes Men Living with Memory Loss

The DL Tribune tells the stories of two Detroit Lakes area men living with memory loss by participating in Ecumen's Awakening Initiative and volunteering at Ecumen's Emmanuel Community in Detroit Lakes, MN.

2011-08-29 10:36:00 View
Ecumen Honors National Alzheimer's Day

It's National Alzheimer's Day today.  In the United States, an estimated 5.4 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and unless something changes, as many as 16 million Americans will have Alzheimer’s in 2050. Please read on, and join us in the fight to end Alzheimer's in our lifetime. 

2011-09-21 09:31:00 View
Changing Aging: Give Together!

Ecumen is participating in Give to the Max Day

On November 16, tens of thousands of Minnesotans will join together to give to the causes they believe in. This year, we are calling on Ecumen’s friends and supporters to join us to GIVE TOGETHER TO CHANGE AGING. See a quick video by clicking HERE

Watch for more information on this blog and in your e-mail – let’s change aging together! 

2011-11-07 10:15:00 View
Ecumen Academy of Lifelong Learning: Because you're never too old to learn!

Twenty-three senior citizens this fall took Inver Hills Community College courses designed especially for them, and which were brought to them at the Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley senior residence

2011-11-17 13:51:00 View
Jim Klobuchar-Need Help? From Manila With Love

The problem with my computer could have been solved by any 11-year-old with the juvenile’s basic exposure to locking taskbars and unpin options.

2011-12-07 10:44:00 View