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You're Never Too Old to Really Start Living

Age Song | May 10 2012 | 510-903-3600

Thanks Heavens AgeSong's Independent and Assisted Living Communities are NOT like the one described in Leslie’s book! Breaking Out of Bedlam is the story of Cora Sledge, an 82-year-old widow, who is living on junk food, pills, and cigarettes. When her kids force her into an assisted living facility, Cora decides that truth is the best revenge, and begins to write a tell-all journal that reveals the secret she has guarded since her teens. READ MORE, http://agesongtoday.com/1715/youre-never-too-old-to-really-start-living/ 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, AgeSong at Lake Merritt | 1800 Madison Street, Oakland, California 94612Equal Housing Opportunity | 510-903-3600

AgeSong is partnering with the San Francisco Food Bank

Age Song | October 18 2011 | For more information: 415-318-8670

AgeSong is committed to contributing 200 pounds of food toward the Food Bank’s goal of 200,000 pounds during this holiday season. Please help us achieve our goal by dropping your food contribution in the barrel located at AgeSong’s Laguna Grove lobby 624 Laguna Street in San Francisco. More...

AGESONG ANNOUNCES ITS MANAGEMENT OF OAK CREEK, JUNE 2011

Age Song | June 06 2011 | For more information, visit www.agesongoc.com or call (510) 889-7515

Oak Creek in Castro Valley - the first Bay Area community to focus specifically on caring for people with forgetfulness - teams up with AgeSong to integrate a unique humanistic approach into its rich history of care. More...

CALA Announces 2011 Excellence in Service Award Winners AgeSong at Lakeside Park’s Dinah Bailes to Receive Award for Outstanding Executive Director

CALA | May 23 2011 | Sally Michael, CALA President

The California Assisted Living Association (CALA) announced today that Dinah Bailes at AgeSong of Lakeside Park, will receive the organization’s prestigious Outstanding Executive Director award at their Spring Conference in Santa Clara. CALA chooses recipients of these awards based on their commitment to providing outstanding, quality care and service to residents in the Assisted Living communities where they work. More...

Holistic Health and Wellness Fair

Age Song | April 20 2011 | Bob Barnwell, Hayes Valley Voice

Holistic medicine, an alternative and natural wellness approach to healing, will be featured in the many workshops planned for the Holistic Health and Wellness Fair in Hayes Valley, hosted by AgeSong. More...

AgeSong at Lakeside Park Recipient of 2011 ALFA Best of the Best Award

Age Song | March 27 2011 | Paula Hertel

AgeSong at Lakeside Park's Green Dining Program is recognized in the Resident Dining Experience category of the Assisted Living Federation of America's 2011 Best of the Best Excellence in Senior Living Awards. More...

AGESONG TO MARK 15 YEARS OF ITS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Age Song | August 23 2010 | Contact: Victoria Steiner/John Lopez 510-635-4150

Innovative educational platform provides training for future generations of healthcare professionals and revolutionizes eldercare.

AgeSong, a locally managed, privately owned group of senior living communities with an integrative approach to care, continues to provide medical and psychology students with a unique training program dedicated to teaching the future elder care providers the existential-humanistic approach to care. This program allows psychology and marriage and family therapy doctoral students to gain hands-on experience in delivering emotional, therapeutic, and physical support and counseling in More...

AGESONG PARTNERS WITH HAMPTON HEALTH LTD. TO EXPAND SERVICES FOR ELDERS

Age Song | August 02 2010 | Contact: Victoria Steiner/John Lopez 510-635-4150

AgeSong, a locally managed, privately owned group of senior living communities with an integrative approach to care, has partnered with San Francisco based Hampton Health Ltd., under the medical direction of Dr. John H. Fullerton, to provide assisted-living residents with a more comprehensive geriatric care and wellness program that truly integrates the psychological, social, bio-medical and spiritual aspects of care. Through this partnership, AgeSong becomes the first San Francisco based assisted living provider to offer an on-site medical office and physician services.

“Incorporating a medical office inside our AgeSong communities in San Francisco enables us to utilize innovative methods, and deliver in-depth, comprehensive and compassionate care to our residents,” said Nader Shabahangi, Ph.D., founder and CEO of AgeSong. More...

AgeSong Becomes First Assisted Living Community in the U.S. to Earn Certified Green RESTAURANT® MARK

Age Song | June 14 2010 | Contact: Victoria Steiner/John Lopez 510-635-4150

AgeSong, a locally managed, privately owned group of senior living communities with an integrative approach to care, has announced that its Lakeside Park residence kitchen was named a Certified Green Restaurant® by the Green Restaurant Association (GRA), a national non-profit organization that specializes in helping restaurants become more environmentally sustainable.

“The green certification exemplifies AgeSong’s commitment to creating nature-friendly, healing environments,” says Nader Shabahangi, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of AgeSong. More...

AgeSong Institute and Barnes & Noble Announce their 2011 Elders Prose and Poetry Contest

Age Song | June 07 2010 | 415-431-8143 | Click here for contest information

Winning Prose and Poems will be included in the book:
Gems of Wisdom: 365 Days of Poetry and Prose by Elders
To be released in May 2011

Deadline: October 15, 2010 - More...

AgeSong Expands in Oakland; Brings Holistic Approach to Historic Hotel Property Offers Independent Living Apartments for Seniors in Local, Art Deco Landmark

Age Song | July 29 2009 | Kim Kellogg / Mara Tyler 510-635-4195

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OAKLAND — AgeSong Senior Communities is bringing its nationally recognized holistic approach to a local historic landmark. The 1927 Art Deco Lake Merritt Hotel has been transformed to AgeSong at Lake Merritt, an independent-living residence for seniors. This newest property is the fifth residence AgeSong now offers senior adults in the Bay Area. Its four other residences are in Oakland, San Francisco and Emeryville, and provide a full range of living options for independent, assisted-living and forgetfulness-care. More...

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