Dr. Bill Thomas Brings New Vision for Aging to Montana
Internationally-renowned geriatrician Dr. Bill Thomas visited Missoula February 8 to speak about innovative solutions to support aging in community.
Internationally-renowned geriatrician Dr. Bill Thomas visited Missoula February 8 to speak about innovative solutions to support aging in community.
Loss comes in many forms throughout life. It is true our work brings us close to families experiencing profound losses -- loss of function, loss of memory and loss of life.
Harvest Home Care and The Village Senior Residence are proud to sponsor Missoula's first-its-kind Elder Speed Dating event for adults age 60-to-90 at The Silk Road restaurant.
As baby boomers stress an already challenged long-term care system, a collection of Missoula caregivers look for new and radical ways to change how we think of older people. Missoula Independent reporter Erika Fredrickson profiles Harvest Home Care President Kavan Peterson and leading pro-aging advocates.
On July 22 at The Roxy, Harvest will screen the film The Age of Love, a ground breaking new documentary that captures the universal nature of love through a humorous, poignant and unprecedented inside look at the dating scene for 70-to-90-year-olds.
We kicked off our first Alzheimer’s Café last week with a small group of passionate advocates dedicated to improving opportunities for people living with dementia to engage in their communities. Join us for the next Café July 30 and every last Thursday of the month at Zootown Brew.
Harvest Home Care will provide live-blog updates from the Dementia Beyond Drugs workshop 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 3 at the University of Montana featuring internationally-recognized dementia and culture change expert Dr. G. Allen Power.
The Old Granddaddy, as I always called my paternal grandfather to distinguish him from my younger "active retiree" maternal grandfather, was a character to say the least.
What we need is a radical reinterpretation of longevity that makes elders (and their needs) central to our collective pursuit of happiness and well-being.