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Preventing Medication Hazards by Pam Zuber

Preventing Medication Hazards for Elderly Patients We are fortunate to live in a world with many medications designed to improve health and save lives. But the increased number of prescription medications can also lead to more problems about using them…


How To Hire A Caregiver by Jennifer Lagemann

Hiring outside help to care for a loved one or yourself can be challenging in any situation. Here is some information to guide you in your decision-making process. Caregiving covers a variety of tasks including getting the mail, meal preparation…


Rachel Melsom: On a mission to bring capital to aging

Dr Rachel Melsom is a tireless and enthusiastic quadruple threat: doctor, media executive, investor and change agent. She embodies the portfolio career – founding Medical Matrix Consulting, to pursue system change in global aging. After becoming a Doctor in 2012…


Elevating care with 'self-management' in senior housing

What are self-managed organizations, and how could they work in senior housing? This was the subject of a three-way discussion between Aging2.0 co-founder Stephen Johnston, President of Amica (a member of the Aging2.0 Collective) Bob Kallonen and author and organizational…


21 Stories Final Report

We introduced the 21 Days, 21 Stories series to start this year on a positive note. We shared Stories from around the world and learned about a variety of projects that all share the common belief that innovation and fresh…


"Australia’s aged care system is a mess"

The Melbourne-based Grattan Institute’s new report (released yesterday) on the aged care industry pulls no punches. Given the traumatic news scenes and tragic personal stories from wall-to-wall coverage of pandemic-related failures of the system in Australia in recent months, this is only…