Related News Articles

04/16/2025

It’s a common refrain in senior living that today’s assisted living communities are closer to yesterday’s skilled nursing facilities.

04/01/2025

26 of the 48 state Medicaid agencies studied could not report the number of “critical incidents” — such as abuse, neglect or exploitation.

03/16/2025

Goal: meaningful connections, sharing caregiving responsibilities, and developing community-based solutions.

03/12/2025

Fast Company interviewed older adults aged 70+ about their thoughts on possible robots in their homes.

You are here

Learning, working, contribution and legacy

Title: 

Learning, working, contribution and legacy

For older adults, trends that happen in California stay in California

Pew just offered up a trend-hype reality check.  RANT ON. To read the click-thirsty media hype you would think that the 'gig economy,' aka sharing, on-demand, or pick-your-term whatever, was a solution to world hunger -- or at least transportation, pollution and car maintenance costs.  Who would have thought it was powered by old people? Was this aggrandizement of all things 'sharing' based in reality? Per new Pew study, maybe not.  Oh yeah, in Silicon Valley and for its acolytes, the 'idea' has fueled bubble boys Tweeting re-orders of ping-pong tables.  But beyond the California border -- it turns out the sharing economy has not exactly taken the aged 50+ world by storm. Or any of the world, actually.

OurPaths Turns Life Memories into Virtual Museums

07/23/2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sam Haswell (415) 699-2802
July 23, 2014 samhaswell@ourpaths.com

OurPaths Turns Life Memories into Virtual Museums
Aimed at Boomers, app’s immersive 3D tributes honor living as well as departed

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Learning, working, contribution and legacy

Categories