Tag / aging
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The Elderly and Public Transportation
By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans are expected to live in communities where public transportation is poor or nonexistent.
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The Home of the Future for Aging Americans
The home of the future is one that will accommodate our rapidly rising numbers of older Americans.
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What the Data Reveal about Aging in Kansas City
John Carney, CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics, discusses how Kansas City’s aging population will affect all aspects of life (e.g., healthcare, caregiving, housing, shopping, driving) in the region, as well as the opportunities these demographic trends offer.
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Working with a Chronic Disease
We’re living longer and we’re working longer, so how do we strike a balance between the needs of the person with the chronic disease and the needs of the workplace?
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Working with the Aging Workforce
Steven Joiner, head of the Workforce Pillar of the KC4 Aging in Community initiative, discusses why the workforce needs to shift perspective on aging from one of burden to asset.
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Tools to Discuss Advance Care Planning with Aging Clients
Tools to discuss advance care planning
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What the Data Reveal about Aging in Kansas City
John Carney, CEO of the Center for Practical Bioethics, discusses how Kansas City’s aging population will affect all aspects of life
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An Independent Senior Living Development in Kansas City
A Kansas City, Missouri, project is now underway to build senior housing for assisted living, memory impaired residents, and seniors living independently.
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Rationing Care to Elderly and Terminal Patients
Harvey Tettlebaum, partner with the Husch Blackwell Law Firm, and Sandy Silva, program associate at the Center for Practical Bioethics, address whether rationing care to elderly and terminal patients is ethically or legally appropriate under any circumstances. (Nov. 29, 2011)
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Preparing Today for Tomorrow’s Aging America
Phil Stafford, Director, and Mia Oberlink, Manager, Center on Aging and Community, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University, discuss the tool they created to collect and measure communities’ performance in four domains of older adult-friendliness.
