CJE SeniorLife

10th Annual EngAGE Features Bill Nye the Science Guy and Grammy Award-Winning Singer Darlene Love

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hebrew SeniorLife, New England's largest nonprofit provider of senior health care and living communities, and the only senior care organization affiliated with Harvard Medical School, will host its 10th annual EngAGE event, Monday, Oct. 16 at the Museum of Science, Boston.

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  • The lineup includes: Bill Nye, renowned scientist, inventor, TV personality and educator, and long-time host of "Bill Nye the Science Guy"; and Darlene Love, Grammy Award-winning singer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and actress.
  • EngAGE 2023 will be a mixed-media program with dynamic guest speakers and entertainers followed by dinner.
  • Proceeds from EngAGE 2023 will benefit Hebrew SeniorLife's health care, communities, research, and teaching that transforms the experience of aging.
  • "EngAGE provides an opportunity to talk about the latest research and advances from Marcus Institute researchers.

Hebrew SeniorLife Enhances Senior Care Coordination with MEDITECH Expanse

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

National senior services leader Hebrew SeniorLife (Boston, MA) recently implemented MEDITECH Expanse as part of its transformation strategy to consolidate four separate EHRs and clinical systems.

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  • National senior services leader Hebrew SeniorLife (Boston, MA) recently implemented MEDITECH Expanse as part of its transformation strategy to consolidate four separate EHRs and clinical systems.
  • As New England’s largest nonprofit provider of senior health care and living communities (and the only senior care organization affiliated with Harvard Medical School) Hebrew SeniorLife serves more than 3,000 seniors a day across six campuses throughout Greater Boston.
  • According to CIO Eric Rogers, the organization selected Expanse for its ability to connect care across their various care settings, including long term chronic care, post-acute care, outpatient services, home care, and hospice .
  • “With its integrated set of tools for collaboration and patient engagement, Expanse will support Hebrew SeniorLife in doing just that.”
    Learn more about how MEDITECH’s Care Coordination can help your organization to focus on the whole patient.

Solarea Bio Investigators Receive National Academy of Medicine Healthy Longevity 2022 Quickfire Challenge Award

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solarea Bio, a clinical stage biotech company, has been selected as an awardee of the NAM Healthy Longevity 2022 QuickFire Challenge, launched by Johnson & Johnson Innovation together with the National Academy of Medicine, for work studying the mycobiome as a novel class of probiotics to target inflammation associated with aging, or 'inflammaging'.  

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solarea Bio , a clinical stage biotech company, has been selected as an awardee of the NAM Healthy Longevity 2022 QuickFire Challenge, launched by Johnson & Johnson Innovation together with the National Academy of Medicine, for work studying the mycobiome as a novel class of probiotics to target inflammation associated with aging, or 'inflammaging'.
  • With inflammation as its core target, Solarea is developing a pipeline of products in addition to its existing lead clinical program for the dietary management of bone health.
  • Dr. Eric Schott, co-founder and Vice President of Translational Research and Operations at Solarea said, "Healthy aging as a target is advancing through the product development process with strong initial results.
  • The National Academy of Medicine's Healthy Longevity Initiative is designed to kick start innovation to support healthy longevity through a series of monetary awards and prizes.

CJE SeniorLife and Elderwerks Partner with VR Vision to Develop Dementia Care Training Program Using Virtual Reality Technology

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Chicago-based nonprofits CJE SeniorLife and Elderwerks Educational Services have partnered with Toronto-based virtual reality company VR Vision to launch Dementia Reality, the first virtual reality dementia program that combines skills training with real-life obstacles in a virtual environment.

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  • TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Chicago-based nonprofits CJE SeniorLife and Elderwerks Educational Services have partnered with Toronto-based virtual reality company VR Vision to launch Dementia Reality, the first virtual reality dementia program that combines skills training with real-life obstacles in a virtual environment.
  • The new virtual educational model utilizes technology powered by VR Vision to immerse professional caregivers and better prepare them to help clients living with dementia.
  • Dementia Reality utilizes the latest in 360 video technology, delivered in virtual reality to create impeccably realistic, interactive content.
  • For training and upskilling employees at scale, VR Vision is pleased to partner with Fortune 1000 companies to raise training performance through immersive learning experiences.

Solarea Bio Teams up with Hebrew SeniorLife Investigators on a Newly Awarded U.S. National Academy of Medicine Catalyst Grant

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

Solarea Bio, along with Douglas P. Kiel, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, and Shivani Sahni, Ph.D., Director, Nutrition Program, Marcus Institute, received the grant.

Key Points: 
  • Solarea Bio, along with Douglas P. Kiel, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, and Shivani Sahni, Ph.D., Director, Nutrition Program, Marcus Institute, received the grant.
  • Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is a national senior services leader uniquely dedicated to rethinking, researching, and redefining the possibilities of aging.
  • Hebrew SeniorLife cares for more than 3,000 seniors a day across six campuses throughout Greater Boston.
  • For more information about Hebrew SeniorLife, visit https://www.hebrewseniorlife.org or follow us on our blog , Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and LinkedIn .