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Perceived challenges to the sustainability of community-based aging initiatives
— findings from a national study of villages | | Author(s) | Amanda Lehning, Andrew Scharlach, Jennifer Price Wolf |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 58, nos 7-8, October-December 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2015 |
| Pages | pp 684-702 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Retirement communities ; Community work ; Development projects ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Concerns have been raised regarding the sustainability of Villages, a rapidly-expanding set of organisations that typically use a participant-directed approach to improve older adults' quality of life and ability to age in place. Using online survey and telephone-interview data from a 2013 follow-up study of Villages across the United States, this study examined organisational leaders' perceptions of the major challenges to sustainability. Major challenges identified included: (a) funding, (b) membership recruitment, (c) leadership development, (d) meeting members' service needs, and (e) limitations of the Village model itself. Findings point to a number of important considerations for the development, implementation and sustainability of the Village model, including the role of social workers in addressing these challenges. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160127227 A |
| Classmark | ROA: IGC: IGD: F:59: D:F:5HH: 4C |
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