Experience Talks Rewind: Housing Alternatives for Older People

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Experience Talks will be preempted for one more week (10/31) for the KPFK Fund Drive, so we’d like to call your attention to a previously broadcast show on a topic of interest to older people and most certainly to EngAGE: housing.

 

Listen here to a 2014 “Experience Talks” radio show hosted by Cynthia Friedlob that features author Beth Baker discussing her book, With a Little Help from Our Friends: Creating Community as We Grow Older, which presents a number of housing alternatives for older people.  The show was recorded live with an audience at the North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony.

There’s also a Q&A session that took place after the interview. You can hear that here.

We think that living in an EngAGE community is a great way to age in a vibrant setting that offers many creative and social opportunities. How are you spending or planning to spend your older years?

 

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EngAGE Founder & Executive Director Tim Carpenter Named in Next Avenue’s 2016 Influencers in Aging

tim-nextaveNext Avenue, public media’s first and only digital publication dedicated to covering issues for older Americans, has named its 2016 Influencers in Aging, including EngAGE Founder and Executive Director, Tim Carpenter. The list recognizes 50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts at the forefront of changing how we age and think about aging. “We’ve uncovered a range of leaders who have made exceptional contributions this year,” said Susan Donley, Managing Director of Next Avenue. See the complete list at nextavenue.org/influencers.

 

 

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News from PacArts: “Nu Landscape” Art Show Opening Reception 11/3

Please join us for this event featuring one of our talented resident artists!

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~ Helene Weinberg,  Creative Programs Director

 

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Resources for Chronic Disease Management

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From the National Council on Aging’s website:

Every day, millions of people with chronic diseases struggle to manage their symptoms. About 80% of older adults have at least one chronic disease, and 68% have at least two. Chronic diseases place a significant burden on individuals as well as health care systems.

The good news is that people with chronic diseases who learn how to manage their symptoms can improve their quality of life and reduce their health care costs.

The National Council on Aging distributes proven programs in-person and online that empower individuals to manage their own care and improve their quality of life.

Learn more here.

 

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Tim Carpenter to Speak at Sarnat Symposium 11/2

EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter will be a featured speaker at the Nineteenth Annual Sarnat Symposium for Geriatric Care. Each year, the Sarnat Symposium brings together some of the most innovative, forward-thinking speakers to share their insight, research findings, and experience with social workers and other professionals who care for seniors. Get details and registration information here.

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Worth Repeating: “A Dose of Creativity” Shows What EngAGE Is About

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you
previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun!
From 10/22/15:

WORTH-REPEATING“What happens when growing older becomes synonymous with growing creatively? People who were invisible become visible, says Tim Carpenter, founder and executive director of EngAge.” Take a look at this wonderful new video, “A Dose of Creativity,” produced by Aroha Philanthropies, which features residents from Burbank Senior Artists Colony and North Hollywood Senior Arts Colony, and read the accompanying post from NextAvenue. This is what EngAGE is about!

 

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Profiles: Norman Lear

PROFILES“Profiles” is an EngAGE Blog category devoted to occasional posts about older people who have made a significant creative impact in our world. Today’s subject: NORMAN LEAR. A  documentary entitled, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, airs nationally as part of the PBS American Masters series at 9 p.m (ET) on Tuesday, Oct. 25. In the documentary, Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, says, “Television can be broken into two parts: BN and AN. Before Norman and After Norman. He’s the most influential producer in the history of television because of this gigantic change that happened when All in the Family hit the air.” Norman Lear is 93 years old.

 

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