Dr. Gary Applebaum, M.D. I’m pleased to announce we have a new teammate on board Mature Market Experts. Dr. Gary Applebaum, M.D., is not just one of the nation’s premier experts on geriatrics; he has also been a valued friend over the last 16 years. I met Gary at Erickson Retirement Communities, where he was [...]
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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Living Longer
Living longer: “An individual who reaches age 65 has a life expectancy of age 85. What are the chances he or she will live beyond that age?” 50%!!! Longevity: based on actuarial tables, a woman who makes it to age 60 has an average life expectancy of 23 years. But that doesn’t mean this woman [...]
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Today’s Baltimore Sun had a story on a partnership between Erickson Retirement Communities and three Baltimore-area hospital systems (Johns Hopkins Medicine, MedStar Health, and Maryland Medical System) to pioneer a health exchange systems that would give doctors and emergency room physicians quick access to patients’ medical histories. The non-profit start-up they’ve created, Chesapeake Regional Information [...]
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