Pacific Retirement Services Elects Intel Executive Eric Dishman to Board of Mirabella Portland

Business Wire, Sept 4, 2007

MEDFORD, Ore. -- Pacific Retirement Services, Inc. (PRS), a not-for-profit senior housing organization serving four states, announced today that Eric Dishman, PhD, BA, MSc, has been elected to the Board of Mirabella Portland, a new 30-story, planned Continuing Care Retirement Community by PRS coming to the South Waterfront area of Portland, Oregon. Dishman is general manager and global director of Intel's Health Research and Innovation Group, where he is responsible for driving worldwide research, new product innovation, and usability engineering activities in health care. Trained as a social scientist, Dishman is also a principal research scientist for the health group, bringing an ethnographic approach to research and product development efforts as part of the largest social science team in the technology industry.

Located in the U.S. and Europe, Dishman's group focuses on developing information and communication technologies across the continuum of health care from hospital to home. Recent projects include a global study of the needs of the aging, technologies for helping seniors take their medications through contextualized prompts, an in-home research tool studying the progress of Parkinson's Disease, new technologies for helping to detect and prevent falls from occurring in the home, and they are exploring mobile interventions that integrate biosensors to improve emotional and cardiovascular health.

"Intel and Mr. Dishman are on the leading edge of researching technologies that will ease the lives of many, including seniors, their families and caretakers--no matter where they choose to live," says Tom Becker, President and CEO of PRS. "This groundbreaking work represents the future of health care, expanding the capacity for early detection, prevention and personalized treatment. It can enhance the independence of seniors, increase communication in their lives, and bring them greater peace of mind. These are the goals of PRS and we are privileged to have Mr. Dishman serving on the Mirabella Board."

Also elected to the Board of Mirabella Portland were William Bagley, Chairman, and Len Merryman.

For more information about the new Mirabella Portland, call 503-245-4742 or 877-254-9371 or visit www.mirabellaretirement.org and click on "South Waterfront." To learn more about Pacific Retirement Services, Inc., and its many retirement communities and services, call 888-724-6424 or visit www.retirement.org.

About Pacific Retirement Services, Inc.

Pacific Retirement Services, Inc., is a not-for-profit corporation that develops, operates, manages, and markets a family of more than 46 retirement communities and service organizations in Oregon, Washington, California, and Texas. It has approximately 1,600 employees and provides housing and services to more than 4,000 seniors through its many affiliated organizations, including seven Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), two managed retirement communities, and twenty-five affordable housing communities. Other CCRCs by PRS include Mirabella Seattle; Holladay Park Plaza in Portland, Oregon; Cascade Manor in Eugene, Oregon; Rogue Valley Manor in Medford, Oregon; University Retirement Community in Davis, California; and Trinity Terrace in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information about PRS, its communities, affiliates, and services, call 888-724-6424 or visit www.retirement.org.

About Eric Dishman

In addition to the above credits, Dishman is National Chair of the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST), a cross-industry advocacy group to accelerate technology R&D for aging-in-place. He is co-director of ORCATECH with Dr. Jeff Kaye from Oregon Health & Science University, a NIH-funded Roybal Center conducting independent living technology research. Dishman helped to found, and is still active in, the Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer's Care program with the Alzheimer's Association. An internationally known author and speaker, he advises numerous associations, nonprofits, companies, universities, and government officials on personal health technologies, assistive technologies, telemedicine, and home health care. For more information about Eric Dishman, search by his name on www.intel.com/technology.> About Mirabella Portland

Mirabella Portland is a high-rise Continuing Care Retirement Community by PRS that is coming to South Waterfront, on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Mirabella residences will be unusually spacious, from one-bedroom styles to penthouses, with lovely views of the Portland skyline, a new park, Mt. Hood, and the Willamette River. Four dining venues include Penthouse View Dining by a Chef, Garden Cafe al fresco dining, a Club Lounge for bistro-style dining and cocktails, and private dining rooms for private parties. Other world-class amenities are a saline Indoor Pool and Spa, Fitness Center with exercise classes, a Wellness Clinic (yoga, tai chi, etc.), a Library and Business Center, Lifelong Learning, Activity Rooms, and more. A full complement of housekeeping, home maintenance, transportation, and personal services are planned, as well as a Salon/Barbershop, a bank, a retail store, 24-hour reception and security, Alert Call Systems, and a range of health care in all-private rooms.

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