WHAT IS THE VILLAGE AMIGOS of GRANT COUNTY ?

We are forming a new Village in Grant County to help Older Adults in our community Age-in-Place with a little help from their neighbors.  

The Power of Community!!

Village Amigos of Grant County is a member-driven nonprofit organization addressing the current challenges of aging. Our village is enriching lives by providing the connections, education and support seniors in our community as they age in place in their own homes confidently on their own.

WHAT IS THE VILLAGE MOVEMENT ?

The village movement is an innovative organization that has emerged in the last decade in the organizational field of support services for community-dwelling older adults (Prof. A. Scharlach, UC Berkeley). The village movement is one of the most viable options to let our society cope with the upcoming “Revolution Aging”

We look beyond conventional solutions. We wanted more freedom and control than we found in models that focus on single issues, such as housing, medical care, or social activities. We wanted to be active, taking care of ourselves and each other rather than being “taken care of.”

A PROVEN MODEL

Beacon Hill, proved that seniors wanted to get together around local villages, help each other and be part of an active community of seniors. A model so promising, that after a few years 200 villages have sprung all across the nation and many others are in the works.

A modern and efficient village 

Today, various villages across the nation, including your Village, are using technology to make villages super efficient and even more valuable to seniors in our local communities.

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