The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sen. Ted Kennedy will soon introduce a health care bill that will include coverage for long-term care.
Sen. Edward Kennedy plans a new disability-insurance program that would automatically enroll all American workers as part of the sweeping health-care bill he is preparing to introduce, aides said Friday...
You might have heard the former Vikings star quarterback express his opinion on Brett Favre this week, but did you know that Fran is now a senior blogger?
That’s the summary message of a new book called The Gift of Years by Sister Joan Chittister, popular author and Benedictine nun in Erie, Pennsylvania. Here are other nuggets on the spirituality of aging from The Gift of Years:
Continue Reading "Spirituality of Aging and The Gift of Years By Joan Chittister"
Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts was doing an interview yesterday with the Associated Press on including long-term care financing reform as part of health care reform. And out popped another sign of America’s Age Wave: AP, the country’s premier wire service, has designated a reporter, Matt Sedensky, to cover the beat of "aging."
Below is a new post from Ecumen Guest Blogger Jim Klobuchar. Enjoy.
She was the last to speak in a church ceremony we still call confirmation. There were obligatory hymns, families spread gregariously from end to end in the pews, the up-tempo informalities of the church elders presenting the class, and then Pertinent Remarks by the graduates.
The assembled adults craned nervously for every word from the honored scholars, hoping to be enthralled but bravely prepared for something less.
It’s coming … it has to … health care reform, that is. And no health care reform is complete without long-term care coverage.
Mark your calendars for another call-in to Congress on June 4th. Each time we’ve had more callers and we need to do it again.
I found it so exuberant, so happifying …
That’s what one person wrote after watching the video above, which features an impromptu performance by a beautiful couple in the lobby of the Gonda Building at Mayo Clinic.
Thanks to Ecumen colleague Laurel Baxter for sharing this.
Continue Reading "Happifying: The Piano Playing Couple at Mayo"
Monsignor Pat McDowell and Deacon Alice Olson at Ecumen's Lakeshore Community
Below is a remembrance of Monsignor Patrick McDowell from Deacon Alice Olson, who serves at Ecumen’s Lakeshore and Bayshore communities in Duluth, Minn. "Father Pat" died Wed. morning. He was a superstar to so many. And he was an actual move star, appearing in the movie North Country as a priest. (the role came naturally). Past posts featuring Father Pat are here and here.
You’ve probably heard about "runner’s high" … but what about "volunteer’s high?" Is there such a thing?
Continue Reading "Have You Ever Experienced "Volunteer’s High?""
It’s the beginning of the work week. Do you think working longer could help you prevent Alzheimer’s?
New research from Great Britain suggests that working later in life could help delay it.
Continue Reading "Could Work be an Answer to Preventing Alzheimer’s?"