Category Archives: Real Care Now

Earlier today, Drs. Bill Thomas and Al Power held a streaming video conversation to discuss the power of language and words on person-centeredness. In particular, they discussed the recent debate at ChangingAging.org regarding the use of words such as “Elderly”, “Frail” and “Senior Citizens”. If you missed the live broadcast, I edited together the conversation [...]

I don’t want to sensationalize what sounds like a horrible situation, but I live in Baltimore and am getting first-hand text messages and Twitter updates regarding the shooting of a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Two close friends of mine are interning at Hopkins and are currently in lockdown. Justin Fenton of the Baltimore Sun [...]

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 [...]