Aging In Community: Cohousing, Village Networks, Elders' Guilds, Earth Elders

You’ve probably heard about the concept of “Aging In Place,” adapting homes to support people being able to stay there as they age. We think that’s great, but not nearly enough. “Aging In Community” is a broad term for alternative models making a difference in the lives of our friends and neighbors, adding new choices Aging in Community is a ragtag movement of ordinary people banding together and stepping forward to fill in gaps of the patchwork of care with overlapping efforts, regional and national, different models dedicated to: * Building “village model” support structures that can help us stay in our homes, connecting to neighbors rather than isolating ourselves as we age. * Creating new cohousing neighborhoods and EcoVillages specifically designed to provide homes that we can live out the rest of our lives in, transforming our collective impacts on the earth for the benefit of generations yet to come. * Forming Elders’ Guilds and studying Sage-ing where we together re-imagine old age and embody the wisdom to help heal the future. * Becoming Earth Elders dedicated to creating a just, sacred, and sustainable future. * Embarking upon our Second Journeys together, creating new visions of conscious aging and community for the second half of life. * Supporting developers creating ElderFire communities, ElderShire neighborhoods, and “GreenHouse” nursing homes * Sharing strategies to make our cities and towns into Aging-Friendly Communities that will meet our aging population

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