Environments
for Aging from TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com to focus on totality of
approaches to addressing issues allowing elderly, aging population
to remain in homes, communities
Some call it aging in
place, successful aging, aging in your own
home, or some other designation to describe
the growing recognition that there is value
and significance to programs that allow an
aging population to continue to live in
their communities and not be relegated to
some form of nursing home, assisted living
or placed with a caregiver.
It's a 'total' approach to
making communities and homes 'senior-friendly'
by addressing issues of livability, transportation,
access to necessary facilities, and affordability
from the perspective of our elderly citizens.
And, it's the revamped approach
towards communications on this important issues for
www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com, says Publisher
Daniel Hines.
"www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com
shall launch new communications strategies and
informational efforts that are truly sensitive to
the needs of the elderly," Hines explains. "That's
because we believe that seniors and the elderly have
much to offer their communities, and that they have
a right to live in dignity with the respect to which
they are entitled."
Hines says that the first step will be the
identification and grouping of stories, and
that other initiatives will be launched in
Spring of 2007, including the
promotion of guidelines for helping
communities attain a status of a
TodaysSeniorsNetwork seal of approval of a
community or living facility dedicated to
meeting standards that reflect a commitment
to enabling seniors and the elderly to
retain their independence.
"We also shall work to ensure a
sense of 'ownership' in the planning and design of
both individual homes and communities by America's
elderly," Hines said. "Rather than following
the example of groups interested primarily in
the activity of projects without regard for
involvement of America's elderly, we will promote
and work with communities, builders, and advocacy
groups to promote the concept of the right to living
with dignity in their own homes and communities for
all of America's elderly."
