The Ideal Community For Retirees

A respected gerontologist envisions the ideal senior community.

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July 11, 2003, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"After a long and prestigious career as a gerontologist, helping end the nursing home model of elder care and creating the State Senior Services Division, Madeline Hill began wondering what the ideal senior community might look like and whether she could build it... As part of the Jackson-Josephine Health Planning Council in the late 1970s, Hill was a pioneer in the concept of aging-in-place helping seniors remain at home as long as possible, providing additional care (meals on wheels, home nursing, assisted living, in-home services, senior transportation) so they dont suddenly become unable to take care of themselves and end up in a nursing home."

Thanks to Tina Janke

FULL STORY: Madeline Hill, a pioneer in the concept of aging-in-place, created Mountain Meadows Community in Ashland seven years ago

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 in Medford Mail Tribune

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