We want to do all we possibly can to prevent the 3rd age from being miserable: we can (and should) do so much better in our care for our elderly. The existing system gets in action only when things go wrong, and if we do something, we tend to be as conservative as possible; the usual actions are more adjusted to the available resources than to the needs of the individual.
With some vigor and no angst for regulations, we can -fairly easily- do so much better!
The American Association for Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), among others, has shown that with some twelve sets of attainable measures, an extension of the human lifespan of at least 29 years of good quality lies in the future. In the present situation in the Netherlands, we should be able to accomplish right now at least around seven of those extra years.
However, we think that the quality of the ultimate years in your third age is much more important than the amount of extra years per se: life during those years ought to be splendid!
Bliss is just as hard to explain as it is easy to illustrate, in photos and in metaphors:
Bliss is a conscious emotion, a certain awe, an utmost contentment; feeling safe, that everything came out right; mostly silent, often with a sensation of warmth and certainly also a certain spirituality or even sensuality, especially when in good company. For instance, admiring an exceptional landscape, or right after splendid lovemaking.
With a “Blissful 3rd Age” we wish you this sensation as the overriding emotion during that entire period of your life; and we wish you to be in good health (in the broadest possible meaning of that word), enjoy the fruits and accomplishments of your working life – up to and including your very last moments; meaningful to, and surrounded by loved ones; who will, eventually, sigh: “couldn’t have been any better”…
Inhoudelijk betekent die term voor ons: beter willen zijn dan wie ook. Bovendien: als anderen van ons willen leren, dan is het prima. Wij stellen onze kennis graag ter beschikking. Dat kan overigens alleen als je je als organisatie én als individu open en transparant opstelt, voortdurend aanpast en verbetert, en je resultaten goed vergelijkbaar meetbaar maakt en die laat zien.
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One of the key parts of the Mendel Concentus.
The Mendel Foundation is like the Mother Superior whom, with wisdom, honor and conscience (and some lightheartedness, for sure), provides the basis and maintains the quality of all Mendel organizations. All the Mendel organizations are just as explicitly independent as they are mutually supplementary.
The Mendel Foundation is a Not-for-Profit organization. In Holland, a Not-for-Profit must, morally and certainly also for federal tax purposes, fulfill certain strict conditions.
