http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Donna CuttingSat, 26 Jan 2008 04:14:02 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2006/8/10/recognize-to-retain.html#comments56349:484269:comment/1247404
Warmly,
Donna]]>Joe DonchessFri, 05 Oct 2007 18:51:00 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/happy-birthday-to-the-louisiana-nursing-home-association.html#comments56349:484269:comment/1030104Joe Donchess]]>DavidTue, 19 Jun 2007 17:17:08 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/george-mason-professor-recommends-brain-games-for-aging-adul.html#comments56349:484269:comment/870903Joe DonchessFri, 04 May 2007 21:32:26 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2007/5/4/study-shows-number-of-boomers-paying-for-parents-care.html#comments56349:484269:comment/811135Dr. Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.DFri, 20 Apr 2007 23:00:16 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2006/9/19/centenarians-beginning-to-represent-larger-part-of-society.html#comments56349:484269:comment/790652I thought perhaps you may also find this related post on centenarian studies interesting to you too:
Longevity Science: NAAJ Paper
http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2007/02/naaj-paper.html
]]>Rebecca ScritchfieldThu, 12 Apr 2007 22:18:37 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2006/11/15/aging-tech-assoc-hopes-new-congress-moves-consortium-forward.html#comments56349:484269:comment/778824
Thank you for the post!

Rebecca Scritchfield,
Director, Programs and Operations
CAST]]>Gail Rae HudsonMon, 11 Sep 2006 16:32:07 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2006/9/11/sr-living-industry-way-behind-on-blogs.html#comments56349:484269:comment/479351skilled nursing facility;
nursing home;
assisted living;
Alzheimer's unit;
any generic term or phrase that refers to a product or service
For example: I have written extensively on the short term, therapeutic "skilled nursing facility" care my mother received when recovering from a low sodium episode, as well as on my observations regarding facility care and living in general. Although the facility was pretty good, as facilities go, "the best in the area", my brother-in-law, who is a health care professional and did the necessary research assured me, I wrote without using the facility's name in order to underline the fact that, at this time, luck is about all that governs a caregiver's ability to secure a loved one in an excellent facility versus a middling or poor facility. I know of several other online journalists who write extensively about their surveys of and experience with such facilities without using "brand" names. Anne Robertson, in fact, is the only one of whom I'm aware who uses a facility name.
It would be well for the industry to take serious note, too, that most of us who don't yet have a relative in facility care think and write much about this possibility, usually with misgiving and downright dread, often backed up by a lot of research. If you want to offer and advertise superior facility care, you need to squarely face this frame of the caregiver mind.
As well, don't confine your search to "Technorati". I dropped affiliation with this service because their mandatory software screwed around with the online delivery of my journal. I'll bet I'm not the only one who's experienced this problem. There aren't that many of us online, yet, but our number is growing, especially quickly at this time. The information contained in our journals is a potential goldmine to all in the senior care industry. Rules of the game:
1. Use standard search engines. Mine them with generic terms; most of us also have intra-search engines attached to our journals.
2. Don't assume that your most valuable information is going to come from journals that focus on care for those with Alzheimer's. My mother, for instance, suffers from what I call "Dementia-Lite" and the bulk of my journal is devoted to taking care of someone who is Ancient and frail with standard health problems and an indomitable spirit. It is full of information that the industry would find valuable. It is not uncommon for me to speculate on products and services that need to be offered but aren't, as yet.
3. Do the work and you stand to reap the benefits.
The moral is, if you offer products and services within the senior care industry and want to be in the vanguard of product and service development, supply and, not incidentally, public relations, don't confine yourselves to searching the brand name of your product or service. Look up its generic name and any term by which you think your product or service is referred in general conversation. I assure you, you'll find loads of information, loads of need, and loads of opportunity.
We who care for our Ancient Ones and are yet to be Ancient await your enlightenment!]]>Jackie SchatellWed, 06 Sep 2006 18:06:04 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2006/9/6/erickson-residents-lights-camera-action-.html#comments56349:484269:comment/474648
Thanks again.
]]>T. ToranTue, 22 Aug 2006 21:52:30 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2006/8/21/rainbowvision-santa-fe-senior-living-community-is-first-of-its-kind.html#comments56349:484269:comment/456900]]>Brian NewmarkWed, 05 Jul 2006 22:18:57 +0000http://www.goldmanmaturemarketreport.com/journal/2006/4/17/va-offers-assisted-living-benefits-with-red-tape.html#comments56349:484269:comment/404627