Organizations like ours try to learn from our experiences, both the successful and not so successful ones. This is a way of assessing our effectiveness and sharing information. It is an important process for the growth of any organization. In doing so, we have recorded some of our learning process around the concept of a "learning history."

We went back to the source of our Senior Health program - the people who looked up into the night and saw the stars we could become, those who formed the process for driving the program, those who helped to implement and manage it, and those who participated. We tried to capture and convey the experience and insights of these people. The result of this new form of assessment, a Learning History, is put forth on the pages that follow. We believe that what we have learned can help your community think about how you can develop and enhance senior services in your area.

We hope that this learning history will help you chart your own course to the heights you’ve set. Though we’ve seen again and again that no one can have the moon, we’ve seen too, that everyone can hold onto a piece of the sky. The Senior Health program at Memorial has helped us to see the twinkle in the eyes of each and every one of us, regardless of age.

Memorial Health System staff members are more than happy to answer any questions you may have regarding this process. Please feel free to call us at (574) 647-7115.

Phil Newbold

CEO, Memorial Hospital/Health System