- Placitas NM aging in place:
- http://www.cohousing.org/node/3465
Senior cohousing opens up new alternatives for members to age in place, living as independently as possible for as long as possible. It enhances a person’s well-being physically, socially and emotionally. Active seniors like the idea of planning and managing their neighborhood and living with others who share in making decisions and creating policies for their community. In cohousing, seniors form a camaraderie that fosters dignity, independence, safety, mutual concern and fun. Here in Placitas, our project will provide an opportunity for seniors to live in smaller, easier to manage homes, with compatible neighbors.
- Age in place
- Live as independently as possible for as long as possible
- Enhance your well-being physically, socially and emotionally
- Living with others who share in making decisions and creating policies for their community
- Form a camaraderie that fosters dignity, independence, safety, mutual concern and fun
RD: You seemed especially impressed by the Generations of Hope community?
BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
Generations of Hope community?
BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
Generations of Hope community - foster care kids, plus older people who get reduced rent in exchange for volunteer work
RD: You seemed especially impressed by the Generations of Hope community?
BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
http://www.arohaphilanthropies.org/about-aroha/
Our Vision
Aroha Philanthropies is devoted to the transformative power of the arts and creativity, inspiring vitality in those over 55, joy in children and youth, and humanity in adults with mental illness.We believe that learning, making, and sharing art enriches everyone throughout their lifetime.
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For adults with mental illness, providing safe and supportive home environments infused with the arts and creativity fosters community, self-expression, and personal growth. |
RD: You seemed especially impressed by the Generations of Hope community?
BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
BB: Yes, this is truly the most inspiring model I came across, and I hope it spreads.
The founder, Brenda Eheart, was an expert in foster care for children and she’d grown frustrated with the dismal lives many of these kids lead, despite the good intentions of the social service system. She created an intentional community in Rantoul, Illinois, called Hope Meadows, for foster children and their adoptive families and for older people who want to live there.
The older people get reduced rent in exchange for volunteering their time in the community. Many form deep bonds with the children and act as "bonus" grandparents of sorts.
The families get other onsite counseling and support, and the children for the first time have normal lives. As evidence of the community’s success: 100 per cent of Hope Meadows kids graduate from high school, while the national average for foster children is 30 per cent.
- See more at: http://aginghorizons.com/2014/09/interview-boomers-seek-alternatives-to-retirement-homes/#sthash.WHiMsLcw.dpuf
http://www.secondjourney.org/itin/12_Sum/12Sum_Carpenter.htm
the Burbank Senior Artists Colony (BSAC) opened in May of 2005, developed by Meta like no other developer could have developed it. It boasts 141 units, residents of all artistic skills, both professional and newly acquired, and a rich variety of physical amenities that include a theater, arts studios, computer media lab, outdoor performance spaces, classrooms, and other bells and whistles intended to spark creativity. The physical amenities are more than matched by what we at EngAGE call the intellectual amenities: college-level classes provided onsite by professional artists and groups of residents who come together to create art shows, plays, films, and other forms of expressive neighborly lunacy. It’s the kind of place I’d move to grow up in, not grow old in.
- · Dr. R – rent out space as Farm Vacations· Independent finances· Affordable· Shared expenses – prop tax, maintenance, repair fund· Shared facilities and resources: kitchen/dr, studios, supplies: economies of scale· Shared dinners· Required labor: meals, committee· No dietary restrictions – people can eat how they choose
http://www.ic.org/directory/artists-cohousing-community-louisville-colorado/
Mission:
To live, work, and share art in a supportive sustainable artists cohousing
environment. To share art resources and the art experiences with others.
Draft Values:
1. Living, working, and creating art, including commerce supportive of artists
2. Valuing community, family, and individual comfort, autonomy, and privacy
3. Respecting different spaces: Private, Shared Art Spaces, Village Commons,
Public
4. Community outreach to support artists and create art opportunities
5. Affordability — Include low-income artists
6. Including visual arts, performing arts, music, fine crafts, film, literary
arts
7. Economically sustainable co-housing community and living practices
8. Consciousness about our environmental impact
9. Sharing duplicative resources
10. Being an Art Destination.
http://seniorplanet.org/tim-carpenter-thriving-through-the-arts/
Imagine if the last part of your life was like starting college: so
many options, not enough time in the day; your creative and intellectual
potential unleashed. That’s what Tim Carpenter, founder and executive
director of the nonprofit EngAGE and a catalyst in the creation of the
Burbank Senior Artists Colony, wants our later years to look like.
Hear Carpenter talk about his work and vision: changing the way we
age – and how we look at aging – by infusing arts education into senior
living communities and building a new intentional housing model based on
lifelong learning and creativity.
From Helen:To live, work, and share art in a supportive sustainable artists cohousing environment. To share art resources and the art experiences with others.
Draft Values:
1. Living, working, and creating art, including commerce supportive of artists
2. Valuing community, family, and individual comfort, autonomy, and privacy
3. Respecting different spaces: Private, Shared Art Spaces, Village Commons, Public
4. Community outreach to support artists and create art opportunities
5. Affordability — Include low-income artists
6. Including visual arts, performing arts, music, fine crafts, film, literary arts
7. Economically sustainable co-housing community and living practices
8. Consciousness about our environmental impact
9. Sharing duplicative resources
10. Being an Art Destination.
http://seniorplanet.org/tim-carpenter-thriving-through-the-arts/
Imagine if the last part of your life was like starting college: so many options, not enough time in the day; your creative and intellectual potential unleashed. That’s what Tim Carpenter, founder and executive director of the nonprofit EngAGE and a catalyst in the creation of the Burbank Senior Artists Colony, wants our later years to look like.
Hear Carpenter talk about his work and vision: changing the way we age – and how we look at aging – by infusing arts education into senior living communities and building a new intentional housing model based on lifelong learning and creativity.
You set my mind wandering. Here I things I came up with that you may already have. It seems to me you are imagining a merger of the Artist Colony and senior co-housing.
Early Artist Colonies: Art colonies initially emerged as village movements in the 19th and early 20th century. It is estimated that between 1830 and 1914 some 3000 professional artists participated in a mass movement away from urban centres into the countryside, residing for varying lengths of time in over 80 communities. http://www.ic.org/wiki/early-art-colonies.
Intentional communities for seniors: "The growth of communes from 1965 to 1975 was usually based on a shared vision by its members. Communes were often established out of a broader idealism of creating a better world. There were also communes that were artistic collectives, religious and self-help communities. According to Schaub, there are approximately 4000 intentional communities with a population of 100,000 members.” http://www.retirewow.com/rebirth-of-intentional-communities-or-communal-living/
Here is an article that brought
intentional senior communities and RVs together. This guy, Tim
Carpenter with nonprofit
EngAGE may be a resource. He is
mentioned in the Minnesota article too. http://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2014/07/23/when-you-want-to-live-among-your-tribe/#6de598b8640f
Just
starting to talk in Minneapolis:
Burbank,
CA:
Long
Beach, FL:
Map
of ALL Intentional communities:
Artists Cohousing, Louisville, Colorado: http://www.ic.org/directory/artists-cohousing-community-louisville-colorado/
Ingenium Expressive Artts Village in
Nevada City, California
Artists Way, New Hampshire:
http://www.ic.org/directory/artist-way-2/
Your idea is stimulating!
