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Organizations that have provided collaboration and inspiration to ALOFT:
Community-based Programs
*At Home in Somers (Somers, NY) www.athomeinsomers.org *At Home in Greenwich (Greenwich, CT) www.athomeingreenwich.org *At Home on the Sound (Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye Neck, NY) www.athomeonthesound.org *Avenidas Village (Palo Alto, CA) www.avenidasvillage.org *Beacon Hill Village (Boston, MA) www.beaconhillvillage.org *Cambridge at Home (Cambridge, MA) www.cambridgeathome.org *Capitol Hill Village (Washington, DC) www.capitolhillvillage.org *Community Without Walls (Princeton, NJ) www.princetonol.com/groups/cww/ *East Rock Village (New Haven/Hamden, CT) www.eastrockvillage.org **Friends Care Community Services (Baltimore & Washington, DC Metro) www.friendscare.org *Gramatan Village (Bronxville, NY) www.gramatanvillage.org **SAIL -- Support for Active independent Living (Madison, WI) www.sailtoday.org *ShareCare of Leelanau (Leelanau, MI) www.sharecareleelanau.org **Shoreline Helping Hands (VNA Community Healthcare, Guilford, CT) www.shorelinehelpinghands.com *Staying Put in New Canaan (New Canaan, CT) www.stayingputnc.org **Umbrella of the Capitol District (Schenectady, NY) www.theumbrella.org
*The Center for Aging in Place Support http://www.aipsupport.org *The Village to Village Network www.vtvnetwork.org
*Consumer-directed grassroots models. **Healthcare or social service provider-directed models.
Our Community Partners: Organizations helping us to create elder-friendly communities in northeast Westchester
The Junior League of Northern Westchester and Putnam Counties http://www.jlnw.org NYSIgN—NYS Intergenerational Network http://www.nysign.org/ Green Houses http://www.ncbcapitalimpact.org/default.aspx?id=146 Partners for Livable Communities http://www.livable.com/ The Pioneer Network http://www.pioneernetwork.net/ Pound Ridge Neighbors and Newcomers (intergenerational) http://www.prnnc.org/id4.html 914-763-5076 The Volunteer Center http://www.volunteer-center.org/index.shtml RSVP http://www.volunteer-center.org/volunteers/experienced_adults.shtml Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services and Public Private Partnership on Aging -- Livable Communities http://www.westchestergov.com/seniors_livablecommunities.htm Westchester Department of Transportation http://ww.westchestergov.com/transportation/ Westchester County Public Library System http://www.westchesterlibraries.org/
Cultural Events at Local Libraries:
Bedford Free Library (Bedford Village) www.bedfordfreelibrary.org The Pound Ridge Library www.poundridgelibrary.org/hhmlprogs.html Katonah Village Library www.localendar.com/public/katlibrary Lewisboro Public library (South Salem) http://www.southsalemlibrary.org/ Mount Kisco Public Library http://www.mountkiscolibrary.org/ North Castle Public Library Armonk: http://www.northcastlelibrary.org/library_2007/Calendars/arm_calendar.html North White Plains: http://www.northcastlelibrary.org/library_2007/Calendars/awp_calendar.html North Salem Public Library http://www.northsalemlibrary.org/news.html Somers Public Library http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=somerslibrary@gmail.com
Town-sponsored Recreational Programs for Older Residents Town of Bedford Recreation Department: Jim Whiting, Pam Veith 914-666-7004 http://www.bedfordny.info/html/recreation.html Town of Lewisboro Recreation Department: Pam Veith 914-232-6167 http://www.lewisborogov.com/parks/seniors.html Town of Mt Kisco: Senior Citizen Program: Liz Dieter 914-666-8766 http://www.mountkisco.org/departments/seniorPrograms/20051115145927.401 Senior Nutrition Program, Jean Arra: http://www.mountkisco.org/departments/seniorPrograms/20051107105247.962 Town of North Castle: Tina Reno 914-273-2944 http://www.northcastleny.com/recreation_senior.htm Town of North Salem: Beverly Golisano, 914-669-5665 http://www.northsalemny.org/rec_dept.html Town of Pound Ridge: Louise Paolicelli http://www.townofpoundridge.com/index.cfm Town of Somers: Don Belmont http://www.somersny.com/Calendar/default.htm#Parks
More Links:
Resources for “Elder Friendly/Livable Communities”
Reports & Guides AARP Livable Communities: An Evaluation Guide http://www.aarp.org/research/housing-mobility/indliving/d18311_communities.html
Active Community Environments are places where people are able, comfortable and inspired to use their feet to get them places. Michigan Fitness Foundation, Okemos, Michigan, September 2006. http://www.michiganfitness.org/active
AdvantAge Initiative, Center for Home Care Policy and Research Visiting Nurse Service of New York http://www.vnsny.org/advantage/
America’s Most Livable Communities, http://www.mostlivable.org/
“A Place to Call Home”, Final Report of the Elder Friendly Communities Project, June 2001, Funded by: Family and Community Support Services, City of Calgary; Health Promotions Initiative Fund, Calgary Regional Health Authority; Faculty of Social work, The University of Calgary. http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Community+and+Neighbourhood+Services/Publications +Guides+and+Directories/Elder+Friendly+Communities/Elder+Friendly+Communities+Site+Map.htm
“Communities For a Lifetime, Florida Department of Elder Affairs http://www.communitiesforalifetime.org
“Guide To Elder-friendly Community Building”, Successful Aging Initiative, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission in partnership with The Cleveland Foundation, June 2004 http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Guide_to_EFC_Building1_156733_7.doc.pdf
“Livable Communities: An Evaluation Guide”, AARP, by Patricia Baron Pollak, Cornell University, 1999. http://www.aarp.org/research/housing-mobility/indliving/d18311_communities.html
Active Web Communities & Organizations
Age-Friendly Communities: Tools for Building Strong Communities. http://afc.uwaterloo.ca/index.html
Creating Aging-Friendly Communities: Together making our communities more aging-friendly http://www.icohere.com/agingfriendly/
Local Government Commission, Center for Livable Communities http://www.lgc.org/center/index.html
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Aging in Place Initiative http://www.n4a.org/
National Conference of State Legislatures, Healthy Community Design Program http://www.ncsl.org/programs/environ/healthycommunity/overview.htm
Partners for Livable Communities, Washington, DC http://www.livable.com
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: Aging in Place http://www.norcs.com/content_display.html?ArticleID=187869
ALOFT Member-only Links for tickets, discounts and purchases -- Marketplace.
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