Pioneer Networking and the Culture Change Movement

Since the 1970s, the cure for Alzheimer’s Disease has been promised to be “just around the corner,” usually 5 to 10 years out. by Kyrié Carpenter, ChangingAging Contributor “Are we there yet?” I would query from the back seat, as many… Read more

MEANWHILE, WHAT DO I DO WITH MY GREAT HOARD OF RESOURCES? Ponderings from Bill Keene As a founding Board member of Pioneer Network, I am pleased to witness the evolution of our conference scheduled for Denver this summer. The topics… Read more

Dr. Roger Landry, MD, MLH, Masterpiece Living Mom died this year. It was a long, slow, painful, degrading and expensive departure. Painful not only for her, but also for my brother and I, our wives, and children, and grandchildren. She… Read more

Lisa Milliken Director of Education, Select Rehab “If my therapist asks me to do something that makes sense to help me achieve I want to do, then I would be motivated to do it. It would make sense to me…. Read more

Leeza Gibbons Caregiving Advocate Self-Love is an essential part of success and survival. Especially for Caregivers. I’m always talking about how essential it is that family members take their oxygen first when caring for someone they love, but there is still a… Read more

Juliet Holt Klinger, MA Senior Director Dementia Care, Brookdale Senior Living We are all in this together and whether we work in skilled nursing, assisted living, home care, or are care partnering with a loved one in our own home,… Read more

Jack York CEO and Founder, It’s Never 2 Late Pioneer Network Board of Directors Whether we like it or not the world in which we live in in 2018 is consumed with technology. We’re connected 24/7 to the universe through… Read more

Sam Fazio, PhD Director of Quality Care Doug Pace, NHA Director of Mission Partnerships Since its inception, the Alzheimer’s Association has been a leader in outlining principles and practices of quality care for individuals living with dementia. Early on, the Guidelines for… Read more

Jay-Newton Small CEO and Founder, MemoryWell Guide at the 2018 Pioneering a New Culture of Aging Conference Joe was panicked, frantic. The bell was ringing for lunch, as it did every mealtime, and he was upset. He was grabbing people… Read more

By David Kent Vice President of the Ontario Association of Residents’ Councils This article is the transcription of a speech that David Kent, resident of Schlegel Villages, made to the Resource Development Advisory Group Meeting, a part of Health Quality… Read more