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New alliances help seniors avoid assisted living.(Trends)
Nine out of 10 Americans older than 50 want to stay in their own homes as they age, AARP statistics show. That desire, coupled with the increasing difficulty of tasks such as home repairs and driving, has led a growing number of older adults to form "aging in place" communities: groups of like-minded neighbors who pool resources and expertise to help one another stay more safely in their homes.
In general, such communities provide a combination of social support, health and wellness programs, and home-maintenance assistance. Some, such as Community Without Walls (www.princetonol.com/groups/cww) in Princeton, N.J., have low fees and offer mainly social interaction plus limited help with transportation and meals. Others cost more and offer a fuller menu of services from volunteers and vetted local vendors.
"Different models will work for different communities," says Gail Kohn, executive director of the 212-member Capitol Hill Village in Washington, D.C. (www.capitolhillvillage.org). There, $500 per year for an individual ($750 for a household) buys access, via phone or e-mail, to services including transportation to and from appointments, simple home repairs, help with computer ...
- Beacon Hill Village
- Magazine article from: Generations McWhinney-Morse, Susan July 1, 2009 700+ words
...service models (assisted living facilities...created in Beacon Hill Village a new model...already. Beacon Hill Village has produced...communities, and assisted living facilities...country. Beacon Hill Village has recently...
- Beacon Hill Village.(Retirement Focus)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Travel America Woods, Pat July 1, 2004 700+ words
...solution. Partnering with proven service providers, Beacon Hill Village offers its members preferred access to social and cultural...home maintenance services, as well as medical care and assisted living at home. A nonprofit, membership organization, The Village...
- Assisted living losing luster for developers .(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business SANTIAGO, RAQUEL August 7, 2000 700+ words
...even faster proliferation of assisted-living homes appears headed for a wall. "People who got into assisted living realize it's tight," said...thinking twice" about developing assisted living. Although assisted-living...
- Assisted living continues as preferred new option.(Brief Article)(Polling Data)
- Magazine article from: McKnight's Long-Term Care News Guagliardo, John May 5, 1999 700+ words
...Bill Gillick is excited about assisted living and the services it offers...offer subacute care) and five assisted living residences, most in western...it recently expanded into assisted living. Earlier this year, Elderwood...
- Assisted living regulations come of age.
- Magazine article from: Nursing Homes Murer, Matthew February 1, 1999 700+ words
...in the long-term care continuum, assisted living is facing many of the same regulatory...the questions now being asked of the assisted living industry must sound familiar: What...amount of regulation to impose on assisted living? Would such regulations truly guarantee...
- Assisted-living report finds deficiencies.
- Newspaper article from: Providence Journal (Providence, RI) January 11, 2006 700+ words
...violence find a home in the Central Falls assisted-living facility where he allegedly murdered...monitoring of the multimillion dollar assisted-living industry. The 69-page report points...with "no clear consensus about what assisted living is or should be." "We found an...
- Assisted living meets managed care.
- Magazine article from: Nursing Homes Gold, Daniel March 1, 1998 700+ words
...considering With the growth of the assisted living population, managed care companies (MCOs) are looking to assisted living providers for help in addressing...many possible opportunities for assisted living providers to partner with and...
- Assisted living comes of age. (assisted living facilities in New York, NY)
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business Koss-Feder, Laura October 20, 1997 700+ words
...money to spend. Their focus is on "assisted-living" facilities - apartment complexes...housekeeping and activities. Some 20,000 assisted-living units are slated to come on the market...of the Empire State Association of Assisted Living Facilities, based in Albany. There...
