For decades, senior care has been discussed primarily as a question of medicine: how to manage chronic illness, prevent falls, provide assistance and contain costs. Those questions matter. But a growing body of research suggests that we have overlooked another essential component of healthy aging: the structure of everyday life. Where older adults live, whom…
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Why I Believe More Than Ever A year ago, I accepted the privilege of becoming Executive Director of Under One Roof. Looking back now, I’m struck by how much has happened in such a short time, and by how much more there is still to do. People often ask me what makes the Marvin different….
Read MoreThe Quiet Work of Holding: Housing, Care, and What Sustains Us
There are buildings you enter, and then there are ecosystems you inherit. When I first stepped into the world of senior affordable housing and intergenerational education, I thought I understood what I was walking into: a system of rents and regulations, budgets and buildings. I expected complexity. What I did not expect was the quiet,…
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