- Date
- Apr 21st, 2009 5:57pm
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
This morning I had the opportunity to meet with 50 seniors to discuss "changing in aging." I asked how many people had cell phones - every hand went up. I asked how many people had home computers - again, hands up everywhere … No surprise.
Technology is changing the future of aging. But it’s also changing aging right now. And if you care about it, you need to bookmark in your favorites: Aging in Place Technology by Laurie Orlov.
Continue Reading "Aging in Place Technology Watch: Bookmark It"
- Date
- Apr 20th, 2009 11:59am
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
So important to memory care is digging deep, learning about people as individuals, their routines, interests, passions, finding connections and sparking and empowering them. There’s still a lot of living to do when you have Alzheimer’s.
Continue Reading "Golf as Alzheimer’s Therapy - When Memories Slip, Golf Sticks"
- Date
- Apr 16th, 2009 11:02am
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
A great new post by Ecumen guest blogger Jim Klobuchar. You can read about Jim here and his other Changing Aging posts here.
On the vintage movie channel the other day, a woman I met more than 30 years ago swept across the screen in an out of the arms of Fred Astaire.
Continue Reading "Dancing With Ginger Rogers by Jim Klobuchar"
- Date
- Apr 12th, 2009 9:30pm
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
Photo by Fred Vuich for Golf.Com
Seventy-two men played in the first Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, in 1934 and only one is left -- 98-year-old Errie Ball, an instructor at Willoughby Golf Club in Stuart, Fla.
Continue Reading "Ageless Mentoring: Errie Ball, Bobby Jones and The Masters"
- Date
- Apr 11th, 2009 6:36pm
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
For our Twin Cities readers:
The Vital Aging Network is holding a forum entitled "Putting Your Passion into Action:" Volunteering Outside the Box. It will be Tuesday, April 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Rosepoint, 255 Hamline Ave. North, Roseville, Minn., 55113. More details here.
Continue Reading "How to Put Your Passion Into Action: Volunteering Outside the Box"
- Date
- Apr 7th, 2009 5:00pm
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
Steve Cannon Photo: Pavek Museum of Broadcasting (Visit for audio clips of Steve Cannon’s legendary work)
A couple of weeks ago, I walked into my house after work and the answering machine was blinking.
Here was the baritone message from Steve Cannon:
"Hey, Eric, wow you have a fast talker there (my wife, who recorded our household greeting, is known for her sprinter-like messages). Hey, it’s the Old Wrangler here, give me a call my boy."
Continue Reading "Steve Cannon: The Old Wrangler and a Gem of a Man"
- Date
- Apr 3rd, 2009 10:18am
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
It’s NCAA Tourney Time, so we’re talking some hoops and aging with someone who knows both well - Tom Hyder. Tom is coordinator of Minnesota’s Vital Aging Network. He previously served as head of the ElderCare Rights Alliance in the Twin Cities and head of the Area Agency on Aging in Corvallis, Oregon. But before that, this son of the South played guard for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, where his father, the legendary John Carl "Whack" Hyder, served as head coach from 1951-1973 and coached Tom from 1969-1973.
Continue Reading "John "Whack" Hyder, Hoops and Successful Aging: Insights from The Hardwood"
- Date
- Apr 2nd, 2009 2:15pm
- Author
- Eric Schubert
- Category
Ecumen's Kathy Bakkenist
If you’re energized by innovation, you couldn’t be in a better spot than the field of aging.
That was highlighted again Thursday morning when GE and Intel announced their $250 million home health technology partnership at NBC’s studios in New York City. The announcement underscores the changing of aging in America.
Continue Reading "The GE and Intel Partnership - Not Business as Usual"
