| “To my knowledge Live Oak Institute was the first organization to talk about creating a new culture of aging and using culture change to transform nursing homes.” | ||||||
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Carter C. Williams, Convener of the Pioneer Network, speaking at a session of the American Society on Aging. |
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| “...It is our feeling that Live Oak could alter conceptions about what is possible in old age and thereby ultimately alter the reality of aging itself. The oft expressed slogan of the Live Oak founders that they are out to ‘revolutionize’ old age in America may not be so far-fetched.” | ||||||
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Steve McConnell, Jody Cohn and Fran Kobata, USC Ethel Percy Andrus School of Gerontology Evaluation team, funded by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, 1979 |
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| “The sense of ‘community’ rather than packaged–for-death nursing home was manifest…I was struck by the ‘joie de vivre’ of the staff members, as compared to the oppressive, professional ‘cheeriness’ of nursing home staff.” | ||||||
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Betty Friedan, describing her experiences at Live Oak Living Center in the best selling Fountain of Age |
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| “Barry is a founder of the Pioneer Network and has been pioneering change since the 1970's. He is the most articulate person on culture we have.” | ||||||
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Rose Marie Fagan, Founding CEO, The Pioneer Network |
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| "If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run – and often in the short one – the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative." | |||
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