| Groundwork laid for mixed-use development in Charlestown
Patio homes and apartments are hard to come by in the rural community of Charlestown, Ind. And local residents who want to transition into an assisted-living facility have to look elsewhere because there simply isn't one in Charlestown. But the partners in development firm Charlestown Landing LLC plan to change that scenario with a mixed-use community that also bears the Charlestown Landing name. .
United States Universities-linked senior communities creating buzz
A new breed of senior communities affiliated with major universities has been gaining strength in the United States. Residents are able to take a variety of classes offered on-site and audit courses at the university campus. Most of all, students from the university medical school provide the quality care. A quality of living that has its price. As members of the baby boom generation head into their retirement years, a new breed of senior communities affiliated with major universities has been gaining strength in the United States and is expected to see continued expansion.
Oak Hammock at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and which opened in March 2004, is one of the so-called "continuing care retirement communities" with university affiliation, consisting of apartments, club homes and villas, assisted living units, and a nursing facility.
Standing in the Gap
Petite and frail, Ethel, age 79, kept an immaculate home and took a lot of pride in it. When her husband Earl died, she had no family left except for her beloved dog and an older cousin on the East Coast. Not long after he passed away, she had a stroke, which left her in poor health. Little by little, the once well-cared-for house began to slip into disorder. Mail and other paper littered the countertops, dust collected where it previously never did, and the dog began defecating in the house. Ethel's neighbor Hilda, elderly herself at age 85, began bringing her groceries and making sure she was taking her medications. Eventually, Hilda's daughter urged Hilda to get more assistance for Ethel, so Hilda called Oregon Project Independence, a program of the Department of Human Services.
Students hone drawing skills
SALISBURY -- Pencil and paper have long been key tools in students' studies, but a group of eighth-graders from Wicomico Middle School put these basic tools to advanced use when they sketched portraits of local seniors. Eighth-grade art students traveled from Wicomico Middle to nearby Atria Salisbury (part of the Atria Senior Living Group) last fall to meet residents who had volunteered to spend part of their morning sitting quietly for a carefully drawn portrait. The student artists also had the opportunity to interview their subjects in order to learn more about where they were born, the work they did and their experiences in life. It was an excellent opportunity for students to hone their life drawing skills while interacting with people from another generation, said Kathy Mumford, art teacher.
Social scheme promotes skills of rural communities in Erris
IN ADDITION to administering LEADER funding under the NRDP, in Erris, Comhar Iorrais LEADER Teoranta (CILT) has also been charged with operating the Rural Social Scheme (RSS) in Ballycroy and Belmullet.
In recent years this innovative programme has provided secure community related employment opportunities for the purposes of giving income support to farmers and fishers who are finding it difficult to make a viable living from their primary occupation.
The Scheme has simultaneously made it easier to take advantage of the underutilized skills and talents of rural communities thereby ensuring that that these abilities are preserved for future generations.
In Erris, the RSS is admininstered by Comhar Iorrais LEADER Teo CILT in conjunction with Udaras Na Gaeltachta.
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