Continuing into the era of the aging Baby Boomer with a paper, fax and telephone-based communication system is out of the question for Sandra Sergeant, President and Administrative Director of Caring Solutions, a private duty home care services organization based in Enfield, Connecticut. We spoke with Ms. Sergeant recently about a conference she has […]

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  by Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS Stepped care arrangements allow seniors to move from their own homes to assisted living to long-term care facilities and receive the care they need at each step. Think of these as vertical moves. A new partnership between Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc. and Remedy Health Media is approaching senior care […]

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  If you are not planning to attend NAHC’s 2013 Annual Meeting — Halloween through November 3 — and if you are within reach of the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, you may want to know about a private duty home care event set for November 3-5. The New England Home Healthcare Summit is being […]

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by Senator Susan Collins The challenges facing our nation’s health care system today are driven by demographics. The first member of the baby boom generation turned 65 last year. Our health care system now stands directly in the path of a tidal wave of aging baby boomers who will be retiring at the rate of […]

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  CHICAGO, — March 13, 2013 — Ken Dychtwald Ph.D., one of the world’s foremost visionaries and original thinkers in the field of aging, has just been named the 2013 recipient of the American Society on Aging Leadership Award. The ASA is the largest association of professionals in the field of aging/gerontology. Their 5,000+ members […]

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