 By Shae Hadden
This spring, seniors and students of
Richmond, British Columbia are coming together again in the garden on
Richmond High School’s property. Seniors who live in the high-density
housing around the city centre started the Community Garden in the same
plot of land that the High School had used for its garden in previous
years. Working in the same space, they have created the beginnings of
intergenerational relationships with students of the Fit for Life
and Pre-Employment English classes who learn about gardening,
sustainability, local foods and nutrition while they work the soil.[ Read More]
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 By Kevin Brown | Bio
Recently, I came across an article from the New York Times entitled " Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To’",
concerning elderly immigrants in the United States and the loneliness
and isolation that many of them experience, especially those who
speak little or no English. The article references[ Read More]
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 By Mariette Sluyter | The Foundation LabRead the first part of this article here.
As the project began we hit many
roadblocks. (Blessedly, none of them were from funders or supportive
agencies, but from individual human beings.) Shock, laughter, denial,
repulsion and silencing. This came from youth, middle-aged people,
professionals and, most heartbreakingly, seniors themselves. The
attempts we made to overcome the roadblocks came from every angle. When
one approach failed,[ Read More]
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By Mariette Sluyter | The Foundation Lab
Seniors Sexual Health was not an area I was particularly drawn to as
a 40-something community developer until a staggering statistic was
pointed out to me: oositive HIV tests among those over 50 have risen
from 7.5% between 1985 and 1998 to 13.5% in 2005. After some thinking about the statistic, my colleague Nicole Hergert with The Calgary Sexual Health Centre and I [ Read More]
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By Kevin Brown | Bio
Like
me, you can probably remember a relationship you had as a child with an
elderly relative or friend of the family. Some of my best memories of
such a time involve Mrs. Cowling, an elderly lady who lived next door
to us. We had just moved to a new neighborhood in Calgary, and there
were only two completed homes on the block. Our home had the only
family of children for about three blocks. There was my older sister
Paulette (13 years old), myself (7) , and my brand new brother Ken who
was not yet one. Mrs. Cowling was in her eighties[ Read More]
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By Kevin Brown | Bio
This past February I wrote an article concerning the Seniors
Action Group of Calgary and their experience with staging
intergenerational theatre projects. In that article I referenced a new
work
and partnership that the group was preparing to undertake with the
Calgary Sexual Health Centre. That new work is now nearing the
end of their Spring 2009 offering and the production is
receiving accolades from all who attend. With the encouragement and support of [ Read More]
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By Kevin Brown | Bio
It
is my experience that caregiving is fast becoming another role that
adults will take on in the communities in which we live. In fact,
Statistics Canada reports that seniors made up 13.1% of the general
population in 2005. The Ottawa-based Institute of Marriage and Family,
in their recently released report titled 'Care-Full', states that
between 2005 and 2056, the average Canadian's life expectancy will rise
by seven years. One could assume that the statistics for the United
States will be similar in nature. It seems to me, therefore,
that even if you have not assumed the role of a caregiver in the past,
it is a role that you will likely assume sometime in your future.[ Read More]
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By Kevin Brown | Bio
Many of you are experiencing firsthand what
it means to be living with someone older than you. Perhaps you are a
teen or young adult living with your parents, or perhaps you are an
adult who has a parent or older relative living with you. Experience
reveals that at some point in our lives we will be sharing an
intergenerational relationship while under one roof. Most of us have
the experience of living with our parents while we grow up. But the
experience of taking on a caring role is very different.[ Read More]
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By Kevin Brown | Bio
You must forgive the title of this post,
especially if you view aging the way that I view aging: as a natural
progression of life that embodies endless possibilities. This view is
the core reason why I joined the Eldering Institute, an organization
that promotes a life of power, purpose and possibility for Elders. I
choose to live in a world in which individuals, regardless of age, are
committed to continually creating new possibilities for their lives. I
am speaking of possibilities that allow individuals to[ Read More]
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By Kevin Brown | Bio
Recently, I had the privilege of meeting with a local group of leaders
that were actively engaged in Eldering activities in the heart of
Calgary Alberta, Canada. I was fortunate in that one of those leaders,
my Uncle George Hopkins (a gentleman who really espouses the Eldering Principles), shared with me the contribution a group of seniors are making within their community. George
is currently active with a group of elder leaders in his community
bringing together seniors and youth in community theatre events. He
and his group have been partnering with[ Read More]
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