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Brain Fitness Centers in Senior Housing — A Field in the Making

September 8, 2008 by Alvaro Fernandez

Brain Fitness Centers in Seniors Housing - A Field in the MakingThe Amer­i­can Seniors Hous­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (ASHA) has just released an Spe­cial Issue Brief, titled Brain Fit­ness Cen­ters in Senior Hous­ing — A Field in the Mak­ing. We pre­pared it for their mem­bers, and it is now avail­able for pur­chase (You can click here for pur­chase and down­load. $25.)

It was a plea­sure to learn more about emerg­ing trends there and dis­cuss best prac­tices and impli­ca­tions with some of the pio­neers at Senior Star Liv­ing, Bel­mont Vil­lage, Erick­son, and more, who have been lead­ing inno­v­a­tive ini­tia­tives and con­duct­ing their own pilot stud­ies. I hope you enjoy the report.

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: American-Seniors-Housing-Association, Belmont-Village, Brain-Fitness, brain-fitness-centers, brain-fitness-program, brain-fitness-tools, CCRC, cogmed, cognifit, cognitive-fitness, Dakim, Erickson, Happy-Neuron, lumos-labs, My-Vigorous-Mind, nintendo, Posit-Science, Senior-Star-Living, seniors-housing, seniors-housing-residents, UCLA-Memory-Fitness

12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement

February 17, 2008 by Alvaro Fernandez

Quick link to an excel­lent and inspir­ing arti­cle in the Wall Street Jour­nal: 12 Peo­ple Who Are Chang­ing Your Retirement
(open access dur­ing a week)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: AARP, age, aging, Bernard-Osher, CCRC, change, Eden-Alternative, Erickson-Retirement-Communities, Michael-Merzenich, minds-in-shape, Nursing-Home, Posit-Science-Corp, purpose, retirement, Retirement-Education-Osher-Lifelong-Learning-Institutes

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