Archive for: May 2007

Planned Seniorhood Visits Hawaii - Day 1-2 (Oahu)
“That peaceful land, that beautiful land, that far-off home of profound repose, and soft indolence, and dreamy solitude, where life is one long slumberous Sabbath, the climate one long delicious summer day, and the good that die experience no change, for they but fall asleep in one heaven and wake up in another.” Mark Twain on Hawaii

After years of accumulating frequent flier miles and with affordable accommodations made through RCI and Priceline bookings, my husband, my mother, and I headed off for the trip of our lifetime to visit the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai. On the eve of my mother’s 81st birthday, after a week of soaking up beauty amidst colors my descriptive palette cannot begin to specify, the three of us concluded our stay in paradise with a traditional, and might I add spectacular, Hawaiian luau. It was ten days none of us will ever forget.

Orioles’ Joe Foss To Join Erickson Retirement Communities
Erickson Retirement Communities has big expansion plans for its company’s future and has invited Baltimore Orioles’ soon-to-be former Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Joe Foss,  to join Erickson in the role of Chief Administrative Officer.  Foss’ primary function with Erickson will be to help increase growth and capital efforts.

Louisiana Hoping to Attract Retirees
“Perhaps Mr. Winkle was an early pioneer of “aging in place” and just grew tired waiting for an active-adult community to come to his hometown.”    …liz   

Looking over the growing list of active-adult and retirement communities throughout the United States, it isn’t difficult to notice the concentration of these communities is somewhat lopsided.  

Silver Alert - New System in Texas for Locating Missing Seniors
Most people are now aware at how effective the Amber Alert system has become in the efficient recovery of missing children.  With the aging of so many Americans and a correlative increase in age-related mental impairment cases, such as Alzheimer’s, the need for a similar statewide and national alert system to quickly locate missing seniors has surfaced.