By Kbilly | Published: June 29, 2010
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Real Care Now social networking campaign to advance person-centered approaches to long term care at www.ChangingAging.org/RealCareNow. Real Care Now is a partnership between www.ChangingAging.org, and the Picker Institute, the leading foundation advancing person-centered health care, and the Erickson School of Aging Studies at UMBC, a first of [...]
By Kbilly | Published: June 24, 2010
The “poisonous cocktail,” as it’s called in the healthcare biz, is the staggeringly common practice of over-prescribing prescription drugs — primarily to older adults. As The New York Times reported in a great piece a couple years ago: This is what doctors call polypharmacy, otherwise known as a “poisonous cocktail” of many drugs that can [...]
By Kbilly | Published: June 17, 2010
ChangingAging.org will soon be announcing a major new partnership with the Picker Institute, the leading foundation advocating person-centered care, and the Erickson School of Aging Studies, to promote healthcare reforms that put people at the center of care, rather than technology and bureaucracy. Bill and I shot a video teaser to promote the new campaign. [...]
By Kbilly | Published: June 10, 2010
One of America’s largest and most influential membership organizations is trying to get a little more socially networked — online, that is. AARP, which claims more than 40 million members nationwide, announced this week that it has overhauled its website in an attempt to “keep up with the changing needs of the 50+ generation, focusing [...]
By Kbilly | Published: June 3, 2010
Our culture’s mainstream view of aging can be summed up in three words: old age sucks. At least, that’s what the cosmetic and anti-aging industry would have you believe. In reality, study after study has concluded that the second half of life — “old age” — is the happiest part of our lives. In a [...]