The REI Blog
Proaging Event at Vinson Hall – Celebrating Activities people
Posted on September 16, 2009
We’d like to thank everyone that came to the Proaging event last week at Vinson Hall. The room was packed and our speaker, Ms Nancy Ewald from Activity Connection gave a great seminar on what she sees as the future of activities and life enrichment for senior communities. Check some pictures here: Charles de Vilmorin, […]
Bringing the loners out
Posted on September 14, 2009
We were demonstrating our product to residents of a nearby facility last week and they were very excited; but one of them just sat in her corner and didn’t seem to care much about what was going on.After asking her what she thought about all this, she simply replied: “I am 94 years old, I […]
The cement of our industry
Posted on August 31, 2009
Any industry can be qualified on how open it is to the rest of the economy, how easy it is to access decision makers and understand the underlying rules, vocabulary and how it functions. When looking at the confined spaces that our retirement communities are, one could assume that the senior care industry is quite […]
Active seniors help culture change
Posted on August 14, 2009
It’s amazing how our preconceived image of Aging make us think that seniors all gather in one place and do nothing for the rest of their life. Culture change is here to help us and has already done a lot. However the average Joe still believes that being a senior means having a boring life. […]
Announcing an event sponsored by Linked Senior!!!
Posted on August 7, 2009
Linked Senior is proud to announce an event with Nancy Ewald, the founder of activityconnection.com. This event organized thanks to the help of the ProAging network will take place at the Vinson Hall Retirement Community on September 9th at noon.Here is the event description: Are you prepared to deliver the lifestyle that aging baby boomers […]
Linked Senior to partner with the NVRC
Posted on July 15, 2009
Hearing impairment refers to a decrease in the ability to understand sounds, particularly speech sounds. According to 2005 estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), 278 million people worldwide have moderate to profound hearing loss in both ears. When it comes to older adults, hearing loss is one of the most common conditions. The National […]