World congress on medical home models and chronic conditions coming May 19,20 in Virginia. Are you going? Our Chief Medical Officer, Matt Narrett will be there. Check it out and if you go there from here you can receive a  $500 discount, PROMO CODE below.  This code cannot be used for the government rate or applied towards a current registration.  The website for the event is http://www.worldcongress.com/CCC     PROMO CODE: XUQ249

Hope we see you there!

Ronni Bennett of TimeGoesBy takes on ageism in the workplace. Speared by a Washinton Post article, Ronni takes on the reporter and the issue. This is a must read issue. Times are tough but those who thought they could retire, cannot and finding jobs for the over 60 crowd is tougher then ever. The ridicule of growing old permeates everywhere. Where do you stand? Read Ronni’s blog or tell your stories here.

I don’t know why others watch American Idol. I watch to cheer talented people, often very young though I note their average age is rising. It’s always nice to see that unknown average person, hard working, struggling, trying to pursue a dream, get unbelievable exposure and achieve their dreams. To me, its symbolic for our times now, the struggle, the hope, and the final results of success for someone with whom we can relate. I think Idol is ageless and for those of us old enough to have heard music for decades, interesting to see those who are fearless in changing up the older music. Just because we get older doesn’t mean we stop living. And the distraction and discussion it generates help us all to focus on positive things to stimulate the joy juices in our brains.

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Help I am been held prisoner and cannot blog or do much else. Why? The miracles of modern technology. We moved to new offices. I love my new digs but obviously my computer does not. I have to write fast or this will freeze. So, see you when the wizards of computer wisdom can cure the ills of my computer are cured. May the force be with you.

Most of us, from time to time, find ourselves forgeting things. While this seems to occur as we age, it really can happen at any time. How many of you park your car when you go to shop and can’t remember where your car is? How many find yourselves driving on autopilot and suddenly you don’t know where you are going?

Our team recently wrote a book coming out this July, Old is the New Young, Erickson’s Secrets to Healthy Aging. The authors did a whole segment on the brain and memory with a test for your memory. More about that to come soon. But I took a comment from the book

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