WHAT IS CADRE EAST POINT ?
CADRE, Inc. (Communities Aligned for Deeply Rooted Elderhood) is developing CADRE East Point (CADRE-ep) to link East Point neighbors with resources for successfully remaining in their (our) homes as they (we) grow older. This is a grassroots, neighbor-led project with a limited amount of startup funding from grants. CADRE-ep builds upon a concept known as the Village movement. Villages thrive when members invest in them.
WHAT IS THE VILLAGE MOVEMENT ?
The Village Movement is an innovative organization in Baltimore that has emerged in the last decade in the organizational field of support services for community-dwelling older adults (Prof. A. Scharlach, UC Berkeley). The village movement is one of the most viable options to let our society cope with the upcoming “Revolution Aging”
We looked beyond conventional solutions for Older Adults. We wanted more freedom and control than we found in models that focus on single issues, such as housing, medical care, or social activities. We wanted to be active, taking care of ourselves and each other rather than being “taken care of.”
A PROVEN MODEL
Beacon Hill, proved that seniors wanted to get together around local villages, help each other and be part of an active community of seniors. A model so promising, that after a few years 200 villages have sprung all across the nation and many others are in the works.
A modern and efficient village
Today, various villages across the nation, including your Village, are using or testing advanced Silicon Valley technology to make villages super efficient and even more valuable to seniors in our local communities.
