Promoting Elder “Walk Ability”

CLICK HERE to download Walk-Ability flyer.

In preparation for the Walk-Ability event,  AgeSong at Bayside Park residents have been mapping out their neighborhood.  Here’s what we’ve accomplished so far:

Created a big map of the neighborhood.

Took photos of popular places of interest in the neighborhood.

Plotted photos of places of interest on the map.

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AgeSong Presents the 4th Annual EARTH

 

AgeSong at Hayes Valley | 601 Laguna Street San Francisco, California 94102 | 415 252-1128 | License Number 385600373

AgeSong at Laguna Grove | 624 Laguna Street San Francisco, California 94102 | Phone: (415) 318-8670 | License Number 385600372

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AgeSong Assisted Living and Elder Communities: Locations throughout the Bay Area, including San Francisco and the East Bay: San Francisco-Hayes Valley • San Francisco-Laguna Grove • Oakland-Lake Merritt • Oakland-Lakeside Park • Emeryville-Bayside Park • Castro Valley-OakCreek

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Shattering the Constraints of Aging

by Matt Perry, Freelance Writer, California Health Report

As Fred Olson’s body is wheeled out of AgeSong, the senior community’s founder Nader Shabahangi is offered a basket with red and white flower petals. Shabahangi solemnly sprinkles the colorful petals on the white sheet that covers Olson’s body. 

You Only Live Once: Re-imagining Eldercare

YOU ARE INVITED:

  • Monday, May 14, AgeSong at Bayside Park, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Tuesday, May 15, Dementia Beyond Drugs, AgeSong at Lakeside Park, 9:30 am to 11:00 am; AgeSong at Laguna Grove, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

CLICK HERE to download flyer in PDF

CLICK HERE to download Healthy Aging Postcard

 

G. Allen Power, MD is Eden Mentor at St. John’s Home in Rochester, NY, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester. He is a board certified internist and geriatrician, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians / American Society for Internal Medicine.

AgeSong Cafe Hosts STAGEBRIDGE & JAZZ

On Sunday, May 6, from 1 pm to 7 pm, Stagebridge, the first organization in the country to offer classes for elders, teams up with AgeSong Elder and Assisted Living Communities, to offer jazz, improv, storytelling, playback theater, and a musical variety show. The event will take place in a NEW Center for Arts and Community at the corner of Hayes and Laguna, in the heart of San Francisco.

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We’ve Got a Bone To Pick

 

Did you know that after around age 30, bone mass begins to diminish? And without proper care, our bones can become more brittle and in many cases, lead to bone disease. Make no bones about, maintaining bone health is just as important to our life as breathing is. See how small changes in your diet can prevent the onset of osteoporosis and other degenerative bone diseases. MORE from The Well…

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Centenarian Huston Smith Teaches Us about Aging

Thanks to Rick Moody, editor of Human Values in Aging Newsletter, for referring AgeSong to this interview on the journey into later life with Huston Smith. Interviewer:  Ken Dychtwald.

You’re Never Too Old To Really Start Living

Leslie Larson to present her new book, Breaking Out of Bedlam:  You’re Never Too Old To Really Start Living.

When: Thursday, May 10, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Where: AgeSong at Lake Merritt

I’m glad the AgeSong Independent and Assisted Living Communities are NOT like the one described in Leslie’s book!

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Japanese Choose AgeSong To Display New Robot that Helps Elders with Care and Other Needs

 

A new robot, designed to help elders with all kinds of care and other needs, will be featured Monday, April 16, at 11 am at AgeSong, Bayside Park, in Emeryville. Residents  and the press are welcome to attend this special robotic presentation.