Aging Services and Technology at Ecumen:

Ecumen Appears Before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging to Discuss Technology in Aging Services

In January 2008, Kathy Bakkenist, Ecumen chief operating officer and senior vice president of strategy and operations, and Honor Hacker, an Ecumen customer at Lakeview Commons in Maplewood, Minn., briefed members and staff of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging about the role of technology in aging and aging services. 

Kathy serves as a commissioner on the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST), a collaboration of leading U.S. aging services companies, technology companies, research universities, and government representatives focused on helping accelerate bringing to the marketplace technologies that could transform the lives of older adults and those who care for them.

Read Kathy Bakkenist's Senate Testimony

Read Honor Hacker's Senate Testimony

Read about S. 908, a bill to establish the Consortium on the Impact of Technology in Aging Services.

L to R:  Mike Magee, M.D. and senior fellow at the Center for Aging Services Technologies; Darrin Jones, director of business development for Intel's Digital Health Group; Kathy Bakkenist, COO and senior vice president of strategy and operations, Ecumen; Honor Hacker, Ecumen customer; and Larry Minnix, president and CEO of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA).

Ecumen's Kathy Bakkenist with U.S. Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota, who is one of the original sponsors of S. 908, a bill to to establish the Consortium on the Impact of Technology in Aging Services.

Ecumen customer Honor Hacker being interviewed by media after the U.S. Senate hearing. Honor provided a demonstration of [m]Power following the hearing.