http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:27:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have been working hard since last Fall to conduct a multi-stage ethnographic study for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs.  Factors that Delay or Prevent Nursing Facility Placement is being conducted through the University of South Florida where I hold a courtesy appointment. We reviewed 191 case files at four ... http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress/?p=13 I am halfway to my first hurdle--two years--when two-thirds of information businesses are still in business. In between working on the Outreach by Religious Congregations survey and re-analysis of data collected the previous year on the 40+ population, I worked closely with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs to ... http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress/?p=12 If you are reading this, you are now on my new web host which is much faster than our previous one. I received an email from Mark a few weeks ago alerting us to a speed problem that I was in the midst of trying to fix with our ... http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress/?p=11 I took a few minutes today to update my website with two new pages: New Projects and Certifications. In my first six months as a research consultant, I have had four projects funded and have been certified as a woman owned enterprise by Hillsborough County (Tampa) where I'm also ... http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress/?p=10 Last summer as my family camped out in the front of our house while our garage was remodeled into two offices, we were flipping through the cable channels and found a speech by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who made the comment--some of the best innovations started in someone’s garage. I realized that ... http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress/?p=9 Dr. Deborah Hedgecock is a recent graduate of the University of South Florida's aging studies program. Debbie and I have worked together since 2000 when we had to gather a lot of data in a few months for a legislative Task Force on Availability and Affordability of Long-Term Care. Debbie ... http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress/?p=8 I am in transition between full-time faculty to part-time research consultant. I filed my fictitious name--Aging Research Group--with the State of Florida, purchased two website addresses (.com and .org), and I am working on a website that will be launched in August, after I leave my academic job.I am fascinated ... http://agingresearchgroup.com/wordpress/?p=6