Vision:

We affirm quality of life, in all stages of life. We will carry each other’s burden ~ together.

Mission:

We affirm quality of life, in all stages of life. We will carry each other’s burden ~ together. We believe quality of life includes these important goals for all our community members.

~ Maintaining a Healthy Spirit

~ Maintaining a Healthy Mind

~ Maintaining a Healthy Body

We will meet the challenges we face, knowing we can. Proper people, proper tools, and proper planning will make our community successful. To maintain a healthy spirit, we will recognize the value each community member brings to our community, sharing with each other the necessary tools for living and the necessary companionship to bless our hearts and souls. To maintain a healthy mind, we will ask each community member to actively engage in volunteerism, giving where we can to whom we can. We will engage each other in games and hobbies, enjoying each day to the fullest possible. To maintain a healthy body, we will ask each community member to make full use of the tools provided, sharing with one another the necessary community facilities for walking, stretching and strength. We will encourage and exhort each other in all these things.


Saturday, November 19, 2011

Learning to take Small Steps to Big Change

I've decided my blog needs to be more closely aligned with what I want to accomplish than just my values. You can read my older posts about relief, but I've decided I can't tackle the entire world! I can tackle the problems of one little corner of my world, and if everyone else reacts this way, we will all be able to help each other.

Consider what may be the future for us as we age. Right now, an astounding 40 percent of people over 100 years of age reside in long term care facilities. (Omaha World Herald, A Grim Picture for the Elderly) We desperately need to change the way we view our own future and begin to build the kind of community that allows us to stay right in our own spheres of influence.

I foresee a community house on the corner (right in each one's own neighborhood), where each community member can share a gourmet kitchen and other resources, where their best skills and hobbies are enhanced and where people can recover when the doctors and hospitals say they can't go home yet (home is just down the street). Such a community could also provide for health care professionals to live among them.

Imagine the people this idea could help ~
  • Parents who must also care for their aging parents.
  • Grandparents who must watch grandchildren so their children can work.
  • Aging Parents of a disabled child or Disabled care partners for aging parents.
  • People who wonder how they will continue a meaningful life if they become unable to stay at home.
  • People at risk for long term care, keeping them healthy with regular assistance as needed.
  • Health Professionals who need extra support to continue their mission.
We can make this happen. I hope you'll join me!

P.S. I can't upload these images without permission, but you can look at these and get some idea of what co-housing is all about!  Google image search for Co-Housing
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