Tech Innovations

  To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. -Buddha  It was another lovely weekend in the Pacific Northwest and I was having coffee and planning my daily activities with the local talk station as back-drop. Living in a home built in 1930 (and not the least bit handy) I tune into Around the House with Handyman Bob to pick up relevant/practical ideas on home improvement. Today’s topic: Radon Radon is not something I think about; in fact when we

    "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."  — Albert von Szent-Gyorgy Louis Tenenbaum is the father of the aging in place movement in this country; when he speaks/writes, I for one, pay attention. Here is a guest post by Louis on being inspired in Beantown. Within these words is some gem lying in waiting; enjoy.    I am an innovation immigrant.  I don’t often feel inspired. But I am inspired by the incredible third annual Aging Means Business Conference held Friday in Boston associated with the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting. 

    Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. -Tommy Lasorda   With the cry: “Play Ball.” The Major League Baseball season involving both the American and National Leagues began across the nation; and from coast-to-coast fueled the dreams of young and old alike.   Longest Round-tripper on Record “Round-tripper” is slang for home run. The longest in history is credited to Charlie “Chief” Zimmer. If you strictly measure from home plate to where the ball finally stops, then the famed catcher of Cy Young is hands down the record holder. During a game in

  “We're really trying to think about how are baby boomers as seniors going to be different and what types of technologies and services might they use to manage their own personal health and wellness in ways we can't yet imagine.” -Eric Dishman This post is a transcript from Intel’s Eric Dishman, an innovator in the field of aging-in-place technologies and part of the solution: Last week I had the honor of speaking to the City Club of Portland, an organization founded in 1916 to highlight the diverse opinions, issues, and talents of local leaders and

 “It is better to keep a friend from falling than to help him up.” -Unknown   Falls Steal Dreams Some time ago I heard one of the most memorable statements ever made on the topic of falling. Louis Tenenbaum, an expert in the area of aging in place, delivered it during a webinar. He said: “falls steal dreams.” This is where I would go on to list fall statistics, the annual costs of falls, and then provide a list action items to prevent falls around the house for aging in place.