The Village Model

Why More Seniors Are Forming Their Own 'Villages'
Discusses the Beacon Hill example of the Village concept of housing for older people. A local group of independent seniors meet and support one other through the elder years. By pooling yearly membership fees, members of the village pay for a small staff that helps them find services like drivers, cleaners, and handymen in the local area.
Chris Bentley
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, The Village Model, Retirement Housing

The Pioneers of the Village Movement: An Exploration of Membership and Satisfaction Among Beacon Hill Village Members
Villages are designed by and for older adults, an idea that originated from a group of friends in Boston, Massachusetts, in preparation for their future and growing older in their homes and the vibrant community of Boston. In 2002, Beacon Hill Village, a member-driven grassroots organization serving people age fifty and over became the first Village in the world, and gave rise the national Villag
Claire Wickersham
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, The Village Model, Health

Sustaining the Village Movement: Lessons From Pioneers About Village Business Models and Sustainability
Over the past 10 years in the US, the Village model has emerged as a leading model to support aging in the community. The Village model is a pioneering, community-based approach that leverages existing assets and builds stronger ties within the community.
Capital Impact Partners
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, The Village Model

What’s Next for Senior Living? 3 Innovative Concepts
This US article discusses the need for developers to create new housing options for the increasingly disparate ageing population. It examines three core areas that must be addressed. Multi-Generational Living, Urban-Core Simplicity and Excitement, and It Takes a Village.
Jason Childers
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, Aged Care, The Village Model, Urban Planning, Co-housing, Community

Opportunities and Challenges of Innovative Housing and/or Support Service Models in fostering Aging in Place for Older Adults: A Critical Review
This capstone project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000 to 2013) focused on three types of innovative housing and/or service models and aging in place to address housing needs for older adults. By comparative analysis of their differences and similarities, opportunities and challenges are identified for Villages, Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) and Cohous
Julie Shum
2014
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Future housing solutions, Co-housing, Retirement Housing, The Village Model, Community

Virtual Villages for Aging in Place
A discussion of the history and viability of the Village concept of aging in place. Boston's Beacon Hill Village enrolled their initial members in January 2002, the first Village in what has grown into a small scale national movement. The Village concept has gained much attention as a model for aging in place.
Edward Ansello
2014
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Ageing Population, The Village Model

Aging in Place in the Village — Social Work Roles Shine

The Older Americans Act of 1965 was intended to address the long term care needs of older adults and provide opportunities to remain meaningfully engaged in community life as one ages. However, gaps and fragmentation in long term services leave many without adequate support to remain independent.
Katie McDonough, Joan Davitt
2013
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Community, The Village Model, Health

Aging in Community: The Communitarian Alternative to Aging in Place, Alone
Innovative options for aging in place in the US are leading to a new paradigm known as aging in community—a grassroots movement of like-minded citizens who come together to create systems of mutual support and caring to maximize their ability to remain, as they age, in their homes and communities. Aging in community promotes social capital—a sense of social connectedness and interdependence—enhan
Janice Blanchard
2013
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Community, The Village Model, Future housing solutions

A Tale of Two Community Initiatives for Promoting Aging in Place: Similarities and Differences in the National Implementation of NORC Programs and Villages
Villages and Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) Supportive Service Programs (NORC programs) are among the most prominent community-based models for promoting aging in place. To advance systematic understanding of their development, this study examined how these models have been implemented nationally and the models’ similarities and differences.
Emily Greenfield, Andrew Scharlach, Amanda Lehning, Joan Davitt, Carrie Graham
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Community, The Village Model

Aging in Place in the Village - Social Work Roles Shine
This article focuses on the grassroots, consumer-driven, volunteer-first model that is most prominent in the US Village movement for older people wanting to age in place.
Katie McDonough, Joan Davitt
2013
Themes:
The Village Model, Ageing-in-Place, Community, Health, Policy

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