Aging in Place: A Case Study Worth Sharing
“A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.” -H. Stanley Judd Aging in Place Case Study: Guest Post (At a meeting last month, the members of NAIPC/Baltimore decided to do a case study that would demonstrate how members could provide various needed services to a potential client. Conducted via email, the study shows the process as well as the value of an NAIPC chapter. The Baltimore members have graciously given National permission to share the case study with all of you. What follows
The 7 Habits Applied to Aging in Place
“Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.” -Stephen R. Covey Stephen Covey’s seminal work on how to create a better human species titled “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” was first published in 1989 and has sold over 15 million copies in 38 languages since first its release. The concepts are timeless and can be broadly applied as I have done here with aging in place. What follows is The
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." -Jane Austen Tiger Place (Aging in place) Tiger Place is an innovative concept in aging in place/community living for older adults, and has been developed as collaboration between Americare, the University of Missouri and Sinclair School of Nursing. Tiger Place offers a connection to the dynamic University culture by inviting residents to take part in research projects that focus on healthy living.
Aging in Place: Jack Was Right
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I can't die. It would ruin my image. - Jack Lalanne A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. ~Joan Welsh I read an article online from SmartMoney titled; Hanging On at Home. The piece begins with the jugular question: Where will people live as they grow old? The author goes on to describe a summary of the social forces that have shaped the living conditions of seniors prior to WWII, up to the present. He then provides five suggestions for “cutting through the clutter” of aging-in-place information on the web. Not