New Partnership Aims at Changing the Face of Aging
[28 October 2004 - Healthy Aging, LLC] �The only way to predict the future is to invent it.� So says Jeff Rubin, CEO and Co- Founder of Healthy Aging LLC, a new nationwide business venture taking shape in Colorado. Mr. Rubin along with Joni Seivert, Co-Founder and President of Denver based Connections Unlimited LLC expect to do just that as they prepare to launch a membership driven social entrepreneurial company. ... Rubin, former State Director for Benefits CheckUp and a past associate of the National Council on the Aging shares that sentiment. �The answers lie in questioning the status quo. We need to engage individuals and challenge communities to become pro-active in the core areas of capacity building, problem solving, empowerment and change.� ...
ageing as exile?
This blog explores the intersection of aging, creativity, purpose, transition, learning and well-being. It is edited by Steve Dahlberg.
"Exile is the cradle of nationality," according to Michael Higgins, Ireland's former minister of arts, culture and the Gaeltacht. We should "presuppose a sort of dialogue among exiles" who are together in a new place. Viewing ageing as "exile" offers a new (and positive) perspective about exile and ageing - one that can lead to older people better understanding their common "nationality" of what it means to be fully human - to be part of a greater whole.
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