Tag: senior care
I recently toured Opus, an inspiring new senior living development in Newton, Massachusetts, and then had a conversation with its founder, Amy Schectman, on my Risking Old Age in America podcast. Amy explained to me how she had helped develop both a high-end senior living development, NewBridge on the Charles, and lower-income senior housing, Brown Family Life. Wit…
Neal K. Shah, the founder of CareYaya, a company that links students in the healthcare field with seniors needing assistance, has some strong opinions about elder care in the United States. The word Yaya means ‘grandmother’ in Greek and ‘caregiver’ in Swahili and Thai. As an acronym, it also means ‘You Are Your Advocate.’…
