The REI Blog
Older americans and technology design
Posted on April 6, 2009
Linked Senior’s mission is to ease the access to entertainment for senior communities; therefore, we’re very interested in trends about seniors and technology. Products at the recent CES 2009 and recent studies from TNS Compete and the Consumer Electronics Association show our elders are picking up what a lot of us consider as “teens activities”. […]
The eighth P
Posted on March 25, 2009
>Steve Gurney’s speech at Vinson Hall on Thursday March 19th 2009 was very compelling and serves as a great platform for discussion for change on how we perceive the role of retirement communities in our society. After planning his move and spending a week at the Paul Spring senior Community in Alexandria, VA, Steve came […]
Linked Senior in the Washington Post!
Posted on March 23, 2009
Linked Senior made the paper!! We were featured on Thursday March 19th in the Washington Post.This article explains very nicely our history, our product and what our mission is.enjoy the reading:Direct link – Link to the pdf
Blogging from the Proaging event at Vinson Hall Retirement Community
Posted on March 19, 2009
Steve Gurney needs no introduction in the senior care industry: He is a very successful entrepreneur who created the Guide to retirement living which is now a reference in the Mid Atlantic Region and the best resource about senior community offering for families and professionals of the industry – that publication was sold to the […]
Pioneer Network in Culture Change
Posted on March 3, 2009
“Culture change” is the common name given to the national movement for the transformation of older adult services, based on person-directed values and practices where the voices of elders and those working with them are considered and respected. Core person-directed values are choice, dignityrespect, self-determination and purposeful living. Culture change transformation supports the creation of […]
Geriatric1927 and Retirement Homes
Posted on February 17, 2009
Peter Oakley (born 20 August 1927) is a pensioner from Leicester, England. He is better known by his pseudonym geriatric1927 on the popular video sharing website YouTube. Making his YouTube debut in August, 2006 with a series of five-to-ten minute autobiographical videos entitled Telling it all, his posts gained immediate popularity. Oakley had over 47,000 […]