Job opportunity in Howard County Office on Aging, Department of Citizen Services for a Senior Center Division Manager (HUMAN SERVICES SPECIALIST III). Salary range $51,896 – $83,699. At least 3 years experience needed, and Master’s degree preferred Responsible for management of 8 senior centers and 3 senior center plus site and serves on senior management team of agency. Requires experience in budget development and monitoring, supervision, and implementation of innovative programs. Well developed written and oral communication essential. Position closes [...]

By SUSAN FELT, Arizona Republic Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 Mercedes Thomas, 2, calls her grandfather, Bruce Thomas, “Papa.” Arizona Republic Baby boomers may be besotted with being grandparents, but they’re not embossing “Grandma” or “Grandpa” on their T-shirts. The generation that redefined parenthood is looking for a cooler title than “Granny.” The image of grandma and grandpa has moved from actor Will Geer, who played Grandpa on “The Waltons,” to rocker Mick Jagger and actress Goldie Hawn, who anointed [...]

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 23 /PRNewswire/ — Women expect to care for their aging parents and are willing to take on the responsibility, but few take steps to plan for it. A survey for Securian Financial Group, Inc. by Gestalt Inc., shows 84 percent of the women surveyed with a parent who had received care indicated no plans were made until care was needed. Securing or providing care at that point can create crisis situations, forcing family members to take [...]

U.S. government oversight of nursing homes is criticized in a new report to be released next week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an investigative arm of Congress. The report said that nursing homes repeatedly cited for mistreatment of patients receive only minimal penalties,The New York Timesreported. As a result of the weak penalties, some nursing homes don’t consistently meet federal standards and pose an ongoing threat to patient health and safety, the GAO said. The U.S. Health and Human [...]

Hello, I have a disabled man looking for a free or reasonably priced stair glide. The elderly brother / caregiver is finding it difficult to carry his disabled brother down the stairs and doesn’t want to leave him stuck in his upstairs bedroom all summer. Please send your responses to me so I can forward to the appropriate party. Thank you. Keith- Dac4va@aol.com Dale City, VA Keith Kessler – Founder of DAC (disabled Action committee) 14405 Artery Ln#11 Dale City, [...]

10 complimentary passes have been made available specifically for ProAging members! The promoter would like to request that these be offered to a families or staff that you work with that might not be able to afford an event of this nature, but would benefit from attending. If you would like to take advantage of this generous offer – email Carol Schrier-Polak, Esq. at cspolak@beankinney.com first come, first served! ============================================= WHAT: Mothering Our Mothers, Mothering Ourselves a half-day forum, including [...]

Retirement Living TV is looking to profile a couple who have married later in life (a second or third marriage for one or both parties) to find out how they’re handling re-marriage, how they handled the earlier divorce and what (if any) issues have arisen as they merge their new families (how do the kids deal with the new spouse, how are the finances handled, what to do about the previous spouses). This is for an edited package (not an [...]

By Dick Hogan Originally posted on April 16, 2007 They’re not their fathers’ retirement communities. As 77 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 are carried inexorably toward retirement, the new buzzword for builders is “active adult community.” “What are the baby boomers going to want? Everything,” said David Schreiner, national vice president of active adult business development for Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Pulte Homes, at an Urban Land Institute symposium in Naples recently. But putting up a community for youngish [...]

FAYETTEVILLE, GA (April 17, 2007) — The stress of providing care for senior loved ones is often overwhelming for families. Share those feelings and caregiver experiences in the second annual Caring Today magazine’s “Give a Caregiver a Break” essay contest. Honoring family caregivers for their tireless service, the contest is sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care with an office in Fayetteville In 500 words or less, family caregivers can explain the challenges they’ve faced, how they’ve embraced their role as [...]