Join our 3-31-11 Webinar- The 50/50 Rule: Solving Family Conflict

We invite you to join in GrandCare’s aging/technology industry webinars. All are welcome to join us!
Date: Thursday March 31st 2011
Time: 2pm EST (11am PST)
Room: Go to http://grandcaresystems.webex.com
If you would like to call in but you do not have access to a computer, call: 1-408-600-3600 access code: 668 422 850

NOTE: If you are new to using Webex and you have questions, please contact us at info@grandcare.com. Some of the initial kinks have been fixed, so please try again. You may opt to ONLY dial in (number listed above) We appreciate your patience!

Topic Description: The 50/50 Rule: Solving Family Conflict

This webinar is designed to help adult siblings and their aging parents deal with those sensitive situations that ariseamong brothers and sisters as their parents age and need assistance. Our speaker will cover a variety of sibling caregiving topics such as: How do you divide workload with your sister? What’s the best way to build teamworkwith your brothers? How can you reach agreement as a family on important topics to avoid family conflict?

About our speaker: Cathy Majkowski from Home Instead

Cathy Majkowski is the Community service Representative for Home Instead, where sheprides herself in being called a senior care advocate. Her first association with working with seniors was her small business “Catherine Tours- Motorcoach rours for Seniors”.Beyond her work with Home Instead, she serves on Board of Directors for the West Bend Senior Center,she was a founding  member of the Caregiver Coalation in Ozaukee County, and she serves on the planning committee for Ozaukee County Senior Conference and the the Washington County Aging Concerns Network Group.Cathy is an amazign community partner in West Bend, Wisconsin, where she resides with her husband, Rick and 2 children.Her passion for seniors and families is sure to come through as she shares what families need to be successful and independent.

Webinar Objectives:

Webinar Objectives- Get ideas on how to work through family conflict

– How to ease the caregiver/family into technology conversation

– Opening the doors to communication in a complicated family situation

3-24-11 GrandCare webinar: Home Care in the 21st Century- Mark Shea speaks

We invite you to join in GrandCare’s weekly aging/technology industry webinars. All are welcome to join us!
Date: Thursday March 24th 2011
Time: 2pm EST (11am PST)
Room: Go to http://grandcaresystems.webex.com
If you would like to call in but you do not have access to a computer, call: 1-408-600-3600 access code: 661 277 172 #

NOTE: If you are new to using Webex and you have questions, please contact us at info@grandcare.com. Some of the initial kinks have been fixed, so please try again. You may opt to ONLY dial in (number listed above) We appreciate your patience!

Topic Description: Home Care in the 21st Century

Existing consumer electronics and networking technologies are being re-purposed to allow family caregivers the ability to remain aware of a loved one’s health and safety. Perhaps the easiest way to think of these systems is as a “baby monitor times ten”. This is being heralded by pundits from the Consumer Electronics industry as the next big thing. Enabling a virtual presence in a home makes whole new levels of service and care that is affordable and available to almost everyone. The world of home care is about to change radically and rapidly.

About our speaker: Mark Shea from Right at Home

Our speaker, Mark Shea, has over twenty years of experience with networking and internet technologies and ten years with Microsoft. He teaches Social Media at the University of Washington. Mark currently owns a Home Care agency in Mount Vernon, Washington: North Cascade Right at Home. Mark will be presenting his vision of how these technologies can be leveraged by a Home Care Agency of the 21st Century.

Webinar Objectives:

– Learn how long term health care is being transformed

– How does technology fit into homes?

– Resistance to change – Acceptance. How does it work?

Please join GrandCare at What’s Next Boomer Business Summit after ASA in San Francisco.

GrandCare’s VP of Marketing, Laura Mitchell, will be moderating a social media panel. More details listed below.

What’s Next Boomer Business Summit:

Friday, April 29, 2011
Parc 55 Wyndham, 55 Cyril Magnin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

San Francisco, California

Website: www.BoomerSummit.com

The 8th annual What’s Next Boomer Business Summit is produced by Mary Furlong & Associates, and is the official post-conference of the American Society on Aging (ASA) Aging in America Conference on April 26-30, 2011 in San Francisco.

Event theme for 2011: Dynamics, Deals, Differentiation and Disruption.

Join us where America’s leading analysts, executive marketers, business leaders, and research experts will gather to introduce new research, products and services that truly represent what is next on the horizon for businesses selling to baby boomer and senior customers today.

  • Learn new go-to-market strategies and tactics
  • Access new research
  • Understand ways to reach caregivers
  • Get methods to creating online baby boomer communities

Keynote speakers are:

Guy Kawasaki, Entrepreneur & Author, Co-founder, Alltop; Jody Holtzman, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP; Vint Cerf, Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google and Co-Inventor of the Internet; With featured speakers: Astro Teller, Director, New Projects, Google; Gail Sheehy, Best-Selling Author.

Agenda Tracks:

  • Social Media

 

Maximizing the Online World Build an interactive tool box for marketing your business! From email to Google, Twitter, and what’s in all worlds online to social media platforms, unlock the potential for your company. Our experts show you how to harness the power.

Moderator: Laura Mitchell, Vice President, Marketing, GrandCare Systems

Panelists: Joe Cannella, Senior Account Manager, Google; Nataki Edwards, Vice President, Marketing, AARP; Stephen Chen, Founder, NewRetirement.com

  • Alternate Distribution
  • Mobile, Local and Search
  • Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship
  • The Evolution of Design and Technology in Serving the Consumer Majority

 

 

 

Who should attend:

  • Corporate brand managers and managers of businesses, association and non-profit leadership where boomers and seniors are the primary customers.
  • Designers for products and services
  • Media, analysts, authors and bloggers, public relation agencies who write and blog and tweet insights and stories that reach and serve the 40+ audience
  • Association and non-profit leadership who want to learn best models and metrics of social entrepreneurship and business partnerships
  • Entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs creating products and services for the boomer and mature consumer
  • Corporate marketing, product and brand managers and business leaders who manage products and services targeting the boomer and senior customer.

Register: http://boomersummit.eventbrite.com/

(Early bird rate ends February 28!)

Agenda < http://www.boomersummit.com/agenda.html>,

Speakers < http://www.boomersummit.com/speakers.html>

Connect with us:

Facebook: Facebook/WhatsNextBoomerBusinessSummit

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/WhatsNextBoomer]

Event hashtag is: #WNBBS2011

 

3-17-11 Thursday GrandCare Webinar: LIVE from EHX!

We invite you to join in GrandCare’s weekly aging/technology industry webinars. All are welcome to join us!
Date: Thursday March 17th 2011
Time: 2pm EST (11am PST)
Room: Go to http://grandcaresystems.webex.com
If you would like to call in but you do not have access to a computer, call: 1-408-600-3600 access code: 664 169 598 #

Topic Description: What’s happening at EHX?
An all-inclusive event designed to train business owners and technicians the skills and strategies they need to not just survive, but to succeed. Designed by the editors of CE Pro, EHX offers the electronic industry a new kind of event that will truly help you make more money, get more sales, get the answers you need and make every dollar stretch even further.

Join GrandCare at EHX as they present the solution to helping elders to stay independent, and hear about what is new in the home health technology industry! Don’t miss out on this exciting webinar, LIVE from EHX!

About our speaker: Visit the GrandCare Booth at EHX!
GrandCare headquarters is at BOOTH 629L in the New Opportunities Pavilion or catch one of the Home Health Technology Educational Sessions led by GrandCare Systems on the EHX show floor. GrandCare is also featured at the Home Controls Booth: #629J, and Worthington Distribution Booth: #805.
Stop by, say hello, and check out the newest GrandCare products!

Webinar Objectives
o Learn about what’s new in Home Health technology!
o What does GrandCare do at EHX?
o Join the GrandCare team at this exciting event!

Join our 3-10-11 Webinar: Motivating the Multi-Generational Workforce- Richard Anthony speaks

We invite you to join in GrandCare’s weekly aging/technology industry webinars. All are welcome to join us!
Date: Thursday March 10th 2011
Time: 2pm EST (11am PST)
Room: Go to http://grandcaresystems.webex.com
If you would like to call in but you do not have access to a computer, call: 1-408-600-3600 access code: 662-918-370 #

Topic Description:
For the first time in history, we have four (some argue five) dominant generations in the workforce. Each markedly different. Each variously hailed and reviled because of the myths about how they think and behave. All challenged to work toward common goals in spite of their differences. In the absence of a transformational overhaul of public and corporate policies, the table is set for intergenerational conflict in the workforce over status, pay, benefits, training and advancement opportunities.This webinar explores ways to convert a multi-generational workforce to a collaborative, intergenerational team.

About our speaker:
Richard J. Anthony, Sr., is founder and managing director of The Solutions Network, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in business advisory services, organization effectiveness and performance improvement. He is also founder of The Entrepreneurs Network, a networking venue for early stage ventures. He has authored chapters in three books in recent years: Aligning Pay and Results, After Sixty: Marketing to Baby Boomers Reaching Their Big Transition Years and Geeks, Geezers and Googlization. His book, Organizations, People & Effective Communication, is available at Amazon.

Webinar Objectives
oReview profiles of four dominant generations in the workforce.
oFocus on management best practices.
oOutline steps to manage the intergenerational workforce.

Join our Webinar this Thursday! 45 years old and in a retirement home? Steve Gurney speaks

We invite you to join in GrandCare’s weekly aging/technology industry webinars. All are welcome to join us!
Date: Thursday March 3rd 2011
Time: 2pm EST (11am PST)
Room: Go to http://grandcaresystems.webex.com

Topic Description: 45 Years Old in a Retirement Community? Steve Gurney Shares a First Hand Look at Our Eldercare System
Widely regarded as an expert in senior living options, Steve Gurney realized that he had not truly experienced these settings first-hand, and embarked on a project to live temporarily in a variety of senior housing options. Steve will share the new perspective he has gained from this “life changing” project and will share creative ideas and solutions that we can explore to better serve elders and their families in the future.

About our speaker:
Steve Gurney founded Guide to Retirement Living SourceBook in 1990. Drawing from the experience of observing his family caring for Steve’s aging grandfather, he created a comprehensive publication to help others in the same situation. Steve has worked closely with nearly every regional and national organization on aging to help find solutions to their challenges. Steve has helped thousands of elders and families make the transition to elder care settings and he has personally visited over 500 communities in his 20 year career.

Webinar Objectives
•Discover the value of looking at elder-care settings through a “different lens”.
•Understand the impact that “age segregation” plays in leadership, marketing and operations and explore solutions and opportunities.
•Discover creative ways that you can reinvent your definition of eldercare to create a more appealing offering

Our Sponsor: Guide to Retirement Living Sourcebook
The ProAging Network connects senior-serving professionals with news, events,
careers and more! Visit www.proaging.com.

Thursday 2-24-11 GrandCare Webinar- Julie Fulmer-Mason from MedFolio speaks

We invite you to join in GrandCare’s weekly aging/technology industry webinars. All are welcome to join us!
Date: Thursday Feb 24th 2011
Time: 2pm EST (11am PST)
Room: Go to grandcaresystems.webex.com
Note: If this is your first time using Webex, please note you may have to install an updated version of Java and an Active X PlugIn. We advise logging into the webinar early your first time to ensure ample time to configure your audio and get a feel for the new service. Thank you!

Topic: “From a Pharmacist’s Perspective: Understanding and Improving Medication Adherence”
Julie Fulmer-Mason shares her expert knowledge in the medical and medication field with our webinar this week. Why is medication non-adherence so prevelent in our society? How can we recognize the risks and problems facing patients? What are the costs? All of these questions and more will be answered during this webinar

About our speaker: Julie Fulmer-Mason
Julie Fulmer-Mason is a pharmacist and the President of MedFolio, LLC. Based on her experiences in the pharmaceutical industry, Julie started her own company, MedFolio LLC in 2008, not only as a means to advocate for the importance of medication adherence, but also to design products that truly help patients with independent 21st Century lifestyles to take control of their medications. Their first product, The MedFolio Medication Management System, was released in November 2010 and is targeted for the tech-savvy aging Baby Boomer generation.

Webinar Objectives
•Review prescription medication usage in the United States and the health care costs associated with non-adherence
•Causes for medication non-adherence
•Highlighting health care cost savings associated with medication adherence
•Detailing unrecognized problems patients face with their medications and methods to improve adherence

This webinar is sponsored by MedFolio

2-17-11 Thursday GrandCare Webinar: Roundtable Discussion!

We invite you to join in GrandCare’s weekly aging/technology industry webinars. All are welcome to join us!
Date: Thursday Feb 17th 2011
Time: 2pm EST (11am PST)
Room: Go to grandcaresystems.webex.com or click here:
https://grandcaresystems.webex.com/grandcaresystems/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=662940760
Optional Dial-in: 408-600-3600 Pin: 662 940 760

Topic Description: Roundtable Discussion
We will use this webinar to discuss openly and freely about industry issues we are all facing. Learn what the Aging Technology Alliance is up to, upcoming events that you should be attending and discuss sales obstacles, pricing ideas, selling techniques, marketing ideas and more…

About our speaker:
YOU are the speaker! We hope you can join us and share your expertise, your experiences and knowledge of this industry!

Webinar Objectives
1. Become WebEx Experts!!
2. Overcoming Objections
3. Gaining ideas on how to sell into this industry

2-10-11 Thursday GrandCare Webinar: Jerry Biese Talks on Long Term Care Insurance

WHEN: Thursday February 10th, 2pm EDT (1p CT).
WHERE: http://my.dimdim.com/grandcare
*Note: The GrandCare Webinar will be moving to a new location on the web. Stay tuned for a new link for the February 17th webinar*
WHAT: Jerry Biese Talks on Long Term Care Insurance

Topic Description:
In this webinar, many of the myths and fables of long term care insurance will be debunked. Our speaker is a specialist in long term care insurance, and works with families to find a plan to meet their individual needs. Those who are interested in Long Term Care Insurance, what it is and how it’s used should attend this webinar!
Some questions that will be answered include ‘What is long term care?’, ‘Why get it’. ‘What does it cover?’ and more.

About Jerry Biese:
Jerry Biese is a graduate of UW-Stout with a degree in Industrial Education.After joining the Genworth Life Insurance Company as a Long Term Care Insurance Respresentative, he has gained a firsthand knowledge of the potentially significant impact long term care can have on an individual and his/her family. Jerry enjoys using his expertise and education to help Individuals and their families.

Webinar Objectives
1. 5 Reasons people buy long term health insurance
2. Answer 4 payment options for long term care
3. A clear understanding of what long term health care covers

Upcoming Events:
NAPGCM- – May 12-15, 2011 | Sheraton New Orleans Hotel | New Orleans, LA
AgeTek Discounts apply: http://www.caremanager.org/calendar.cfmn

United in Technology for Aging video

Check out the United in Technology for Aging article and video with our AgeTek Directors, Laura Mitchell and Peter Radsliff!
In this short clip, Ken from ViodiTV interviews Laura and Peter about AgeTek and a few of the AgeTek member products.
Thanks ViodiTV!
http://www.viodi.tv/2011/02/02/united-in-technology-for-aging/