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According to the '' Journal Of Housing For The Elderly '', it is not having to move from one's present residence in order to secure necessary support services in response to changing needs.http://www.seniorresource.com/ageinpl.htm Aging in Place has grown in popularity and celebrated by the National Aging in Place Week and the National Aging in Place Council that promotes the positive outcomes of seniors having a choice in their care and living arrangements.http://www.naipc.org/ There are now Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) specialists to fill the growing need in this service model for seniors.http://www.nahb.org/category.aspx?sectionID=686 Communities are now fully engaged and committed to exploring ways to better serve seniors by developing action plans that address the future needs and ensure that the services are in place for seniors.Aging in Place Initiative, http://aipi.n4a.org/ Within gerontology, sociology and anthropology, aging-in-place is a construct described as "a complex set of processes that is part of the universal and ongoing emergence of the person–place whole, and the creative social effort to reintegrate the whole in a meaningful way when problems arise, compounded by an older adult’s evolving situation." (Cutchin 2003) Aging in Place offers a multi-level of services within one campus/senior community.
The main focus is not having to move from place to place and being familiar with the community allowing the individual to "age in place". All the housing levels are fitted with all the ADA requirements, call buttons and high speed cable.http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2000/07/17/focus14.htmlhttp://www.seniorresource.com/ageinpl.htm#place Aging in Place should reduce forced relocation to a different living arrangement (and sometimes, transfer trauma also known as relocation stress syndromehttp://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~mstones/transfertrauma.htm) and produce more favorable outcomes.http://www.hhs.gov/newfreedom/final/hhspart3.html FEDERAL SUIT TO PRESERVE "AGING IN PLACE" In California, Sally Herriot is the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit that seeks to prevent her retirement community Channing House,http://charityadvantage.com/channinghouse/Home.asp from moving her from her apartment to the skilled nursing unit within the community.Widow battles her retirement home, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=0&f=/c/a/2007/03/02/MNGHNOE6FH1.DTLhttp://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=4013 Attorney Michale Allen, one of two attorneys representing Herriot, says "If Sally Herriot can be forced to move, then it undermines the whole concept of aging in place." Allen and Susan Silverstein, an attorney with Law Suit which could set a Legal Precedent for the more than 5 million AmericansAging in America Chart,http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/02/MNGHNOE6FH1.DTL&type=chart living in retirement communities, continuing care communities and assisted-living facilities. "I'm a fighter," Herriot said in a recent interview at her home. "I'm sure they think I should shut up. ... I'll put something in their way every time they move."http://www.timesrecordnews.com/trn/nw_national/article/0,1891,TRN_5703_5389945,00.html REFERENCES SEE ALSO |
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