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 also includes actions that protect memory
and events affecting an aging brain, such as
cognition, mental exercises and protecting
memory.
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."
