Comments on: The Age Wave, Successful Aging and Liveable Communities

By: 10 Senior Housing Development Trends for 2008 » Changing Aging - Ecumen

10 Senior Housing Development Trends for 2008 » Changing Aging - Ecumen — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:38:27 +0000

[...] Livable Communities: More cities are getting hip to integrating senior housing close to other community resources [...]

By: Successful Aging in the United States is Tied to Livable Communities, Declares Aging Services Provider Ecumen | Misukanis & Odden Media Relations

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:36:29 +0000

[...] CEO & president, described this strategy in her editorial piece “The Age Wave, Successful Aging and Liveable Communities” published August 10th in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. It looks at [...]

By: Ecumen

Ecumen — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:14:13 +0000

Thanks a lot, Bob. Appreciate your generous comments. We want to be part of the solution for America.

By: Bob Schmidt

Bob Schmidt — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:50:48 +0000

Wow! Who knew Minnesota would be the source of such innovative thinking about aging? Congratulations on leading the way on so many of the issues all parts of the country will soon face.

Can you scale up to serve all 50 states? I hope so, but if not, your organization is without question a pioneering model that other communities can emulate and learn from.

By: Successful Aging in Place, Successful Aging in Community » Changing Aging - Ecumen

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:44:04 +0000

[...] Roberts wrote about this in last week’s Minneapolis Star Tribune. Here you can access her article. Today the New York Times has an article about a group of people it says is part of a movement [...]

By: Ecumen

Ecumen — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:15:54 +0000

This came in via our main email from Mary in Minnetonka. Her idea is right on:

I am 56, my husband 67, I would like to tell you what our generation is looking for but is not available in MN:
a gated community offering not only condominiums but single family homes with small yards for recreation and pets. A community with activities, shopping, even doctor and nursing services available from inside or outside the community. Housing would nee
d to be reasonably price but not a home so small we cannot be comfortable. Maybe offer different floor plans and sizes.