Welcome to this selection of background articles and video resources that are intended to inform future discussions about the U.S.-Ontario Province "Imagine" initiative:
Perspective
Download "Profile of Participation in Senior Centers in Ontario: Strategies for the Future": This slideshow comes from a presentation at the American Society on Aging and National Council on Aging Annual Conference in Chicago in March 2010. It provides a good overview designed to highlight key findings from a provincial survey of 26 older adult Centers throughout Ontario. The survey is designed to assist older adult centers in planning for the future and provides a picture of services and activities offered as well as Seniors' preferences and satisfaction. Projections of what may need to change to meet the needs and preferences of Baby Boomers are also included.
Resources in Ontario
View links and descriptions of opportunities in Ontario
PACE
Download a PDF about PACE programs and religious congregations View
Greenhouse living
Download "Where to live as we age": Parade magazine
View YouTube video about Greenhouse living
Living in community
Download "Moving beyond place: aging in community" from Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging
Download "There's no place like home" from Health Progress, the Catholic Health Association of the United States
Download "Home is where the health is" from futureAge
Technology
Download "Two Vincentian nursing homes experiment with robotic pets for Alzheimer's patients" from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Download "Technology, care and community" from futureAge
Village Concept
Download "Declaration of Independents" from AARP
Download "D.C. seniors who join aging-in-place networks" from AARP Studies
Download "Elders spark revolution" from ASA
Download "Grass roots effort to grow old at home" from the New York Times
Videos
Consumer Perspective
Beacon Hill Village Overview Part 1
Beacon Hill Village Overview Part 2
Imagine the Future of Aging
Co-Housing
Download Time magazine article: "ElderSpirit"
Mather Café
Download "Coffee, tea or better living" from MH
Download "Changing lives: one saint, many heroes and the not-for-profit difference" from futureAge
Download "Developing your vision" from futureAge
Download "Setting up hospitality through community initiatives" from Long Term Living magazine
Download "Its appeal slipping, the Senior Center steps livelier" from the New York Times
Download "Restorative qualities of an activity-based third-place cafe for seniors" from Senior Housing and Care Journal
Download "Generational outreach: Mather Cafe" from Trendsetter
Download "Keeping your brain fit" from U.S. News and World Report
Videos: 99-year-old resident of Mary's Woods, an SNJM ministry, uses a computer (IPad) for the first time and writes a limerick about the experience. Right: view/download Imagine-related items from the 2010 Provincial Chapter.
