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Almost three years ago, when the Veneration Project was just getting started, I read an article in the local paper about Beverly Emmons. A neighbor in Fort Greene, Beverly was trying to kickstart a community effort to enable Seniors to age in place. Beverly’s approach was based on the successful Village Model, which facilitates everything […]
Yesterday I visited my mom at her nursing home in Rockville, MD. I picked her up and took her out to dinner, something that wasn’t always possible. For years she was confined to a wheelchair and constantly in the throes of an epic bi-polar mood swing. Public outings with her were heroic and often dangerous […]
If someone had asked me this question ten years ago I definitely wouldn’t have thought about it. I wouldn’t have wanted to. Ten years ago my parents were in their late 50’s, and in the midst of a divorce. My mom was living on her own for the first time in her life, and having […]
Last Friday the 36th Congressional District’s Senior Action Committee met at the Grace Harewood Senior Center on the edge of Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill in Brooklyn. About a hundred Seniors enjoyed home baked breakfast as they listened to speakers working to build something that’s coming to be known as an Age Friendly Community. First […]
This weekend in the New York Times ‘Opinionator’ column ran a piece called ‘You Are Going to Die‘ by Tim Kreider. It’s a great commentary on America’s national denial about aging and death. Here’s are some highlights: ‘Segregating the old and the sick enables a fantasy, as baseless as the fantasy of capitalism’s endless expansion, […]
Last month we joined the Seniors group at the Bedford-Central Presybyterian Church on the edge of Crown Heights and Bed Stuy for their Christmas celebration. Mr. Haynes, the group leader, asked the members to reflect on something they would have changed in the previous year. Several wished that Hurricane Sandy hadn’t come to the area. […]
by Meghan Richards, Intern. Holidays are a time when food and tradition come together to tell the story of families. This Christmas Eve, my mom and I took on the endeavor of trying to recreate my grandmother’s black cake. Black cake, otherwise known as rum cake, is a fruit cake made with dried fruits that […]
We’re ending the year with gratitude for the amazing support you’ve shown over the last year as we’ve grown, focused, and redefined our mission. Click on the link to read more…
By Elise Amanor, Intern. For decades, due to numerous economic factors, many elders have been moved out of their homes and their communities and sent to nursing homes and retirement homes. Moving is known to be one of the most stressful experiences for people. The physical act itself stressful and costly, not to mention the […]
Since launching the Veneration Project in May 2011, we set out to find the most accessible entry point to engage families in thinking and planning about the practical realities of aging. Early in that process I saw two statistics that stuck with me: First, 80% of American Seniors and 75% of Boomers are Homeowners. Second, […]
