
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.
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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 -
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Age Song
| December 25 2009
| Contact: Victoria Steiner/Kim Kellogg 510-635-4150 (w) 415-370-5804 (cell)
EMERYVILLE — AgeSong, a family-run group of assisted-living senior communities with a holistic approach to care, is opening Bayside Park in Emeryville, marking the occasion with a grand opening celebration on Wed., Jan. 27, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. The five-story 116,366 square-foot residential complex offers independent and assisted-living apartments for senior adults in a vibrant and healing environment that reflects AgeSong’s holistic approach to care..
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Age Song
| November 30 2009
| Kim Kellogg / Mara Tyler 510-635-4195
Nader will speak about his latest book "Conversations with Ed" and discuss simple ways to include forgetful people in upcoming holiday gatherings.
To order the book "Conversations with Ed", visit Amazon.com
Age Song
| November 23 2009
| Kim Kellogg / Mara Tyler 510-635-4195
OAKLAND — AgeSong, a family-run group of assisted-living senior communities in San Francisco and Oakland with a holistic approach to care, has announced the appointment of Diane Broch as community relations director for its AgeSong at Lake Merritt residence in Oakland.
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Age Song
| November 04 2009
| Kim Kellogg/Mara Tyler 510-635-4195
San Francisco — A radically different perspective of Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, permeates the pages of a new book entitled "Conversations with Ed - Waiting for Forgetfulness: Why Are We So Afraid of Alzheimer's Disease?" Written by aging experts Dr. Nader Shabahangi and Dr. Patrick Fox, and Ed Voris, a person with Alzheimer’s disease, the book looks at the progressive form of dementia from the inside out, taking a different perspective than the current, stereotypical viewpoint.
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Age Song
| November 04 2009
| Kim Kellogg / Mara Tyler 510-635-41
West Oakland’s noted architectural glass designer Dorothy Lenehan and steel sculptor and designer Dennis Luedeman are creating architectural details for Emeryville’s new senior community, AgeSong Bayside Park, as part of the city’s Percent for Art Ordinance. Established in 1990, the ordinance requires that private developers of commercial buildings contribute one percent of their construction budget for public art.
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Age Song
| October 28 2009
| Kim Kellogg/Mara Tyler 510-635-4195
OAKLAND — AgeSong, a family-run group of assisted-living senior communities in San Francisco and Oakland with a holistic approach to care, has announced the appointment of Dinah Bales as Executive Director for its Lakeside Park residence in Oakland, and Diana Chambers as Executive Director for Bayside Park in Emeryville.
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Age Song
| September 01 2009
| Kim Kellogg/Mara Tyler 510-635-4195
OAKLAND — AgeSong, a family-run group of assisted-living senior communities in San Francisco and Oakland with a holistic approach to care, has announced the appointment of Deborah Borchers as community relations director for its Bayside Park residence in Emeryville. Bayside Park is a 165 resident senior community that offers independent and assisted-living apartments for senior adults and a full-service health and wellness program. Bayside Park is scheduled to open in January 2010 and is accepting reservations for apartments now.
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Age Song
| August 25 2009
| Kim Kellogg/Mara Tyler 510-635-4195
OAKLAND — AgeSong, a family-run group of assisted-living senior communities in San Francisco and Oakland with a holistic approach to care, has announced the appointment of Judy Vared as community relations director for its Lakeside Park residence in Oakland. Lakeside Park is a 70-bed community that provides high-needs assisted living, dementia and behavioral health care to elders.
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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.
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Age Song
| December 30 2008
| Kim Kellogg 510-325-3195
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EMERYVILLE — Senior-housing executive Victoria Stone has joined AgeSong in Emeryville as Community Relations Director for the organization’s newest residence, Bayside Park, located at 1440 40th Street. Opening in early 2010, Bayside Park offers both independent and assisted living options in one-bedroom and studio apartments for senior adults.
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Age Song
| November 06 2008
| Victoria Steiner 510-635-4150
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Honorable Sensei Keiko Fukuda, highest-ranking female practitioner of judo in the world, and John Levy, whose dedication in the nonprofit world have made American culture more humanistic and compassionate, are the winners of the Pacific Institute's 2008 Eldership Awards.
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Age Song
| September 25 2008
| Pat Harden / Kim Kellogg 510-635-4190
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Francisco - Eleven years ago this month, AgeSong's Hayes Valley Care residence, a 47-bed community in San Francisco, pioneered a new, holistic approach to elder-care that focuses on the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of its residents.
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Age Song
| September 17 2008
| Kim Kellogg / Victoria Steiner 510-635-4150
EMERYVILLE — AgeSong at Bayside Park, a 116,400 square-foot, 125-apartment community that will offer independent and assisted living apartments for senior adults breaks ground today in Emeryville, expanding AgeSong’s holistic approach to elder care in the East Bay.
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