ELDER-KIN… 

aging in place styles of living. 

Some Elder Circles wish to support each other like a convoy. A convoy is a dynamic entity; the ships that make it up are in motion, en route to a destination.  They are protected by being part of the convoy, but each also provides a degree of protection to the others.  The metaphor of the convoy seems to fit the personal networks of stability and change on which we depend for support.  The following websites describe patterns which others have developed for aging in place with accompanying support systems::

1. •http://princetonlol.com/groups/cww/ Community Without Walls, (CWW). Princeton  NJ
   

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3. •www.mdoa.state.md.us   Complete Care at Home, CCAH
   

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5. •www.elderspirit.net     Senior Co-Housing,  A model for Residential, Intentional, Spiritual Community for Elders 
   

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7. •www.eldershire.net    Intentional Community
   

1. •http://beaconhillvillage.org     Elder Cooperative Boston, MA.  Examples of the types of services the elder members of Beacon Hill Village can expect—services that allow them to stay in walk-up apartments and homes—services that are only a phone call away:
   

2. Transportation to and from the hospital. an advocate to accompany you to medical appointments. Meals from favorite restaurants delivered to the home. Someone to drive you to the bank, the beauty parlor, church. someone to install grab bars in the bathroom; Someone to figure out the best way to get help in an emergency. Group exercise classes  Lectures on issues related to aging  People who will drop by for a visit.
   

3. All are provided without charge to members. Other kinds of services such as home maintenance, home health aides, physical therapists, etc. are provided in the residents’ homes by companies recruited by the association. Those services are discounted at a rate of 10 to 50 percent of the “going rate.”
   

4. Beacon Hill Village, an innovative nonprofit organization created by and for elders living in Beacon Hill neighborhoods of Boston, provides all of the above kinds of services.. Beacon Hill Village is another great model that allows seniors to age in place.
   

5. Contact AARP for information about area Aging in Place Communities: Mimi Castaldi, dcaarp@aarp.org