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Summary

Under the Housing Domain, our Reimaging Home committee has been working diligently since 2017 to identify and define a variety of housing options that could exist to support older adults within the community. Understanding that most people believe they start in their home and end up in a long term care facility, when in fact, there could be numerous other options. We identified the following and are offering educational seminars to the community.

  • Modifying the home
  • Expanding the Home
  • Shared Housing
  • Co-Housing
  • The Villages Models
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care and,
  • Skilled Care.

Website: https://www.agefriendlylexington.org/

Key facts

Main target group: Older people in general

Other target group(s): Family caregivers

Sector(s): Housing

Desired outcome for older people:
Meet their basic needs

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Accessibility
  • Ageing in place

Contact details

Name: Kristy Stambaugh

Email address: Kstambau@lexingtonky.gov

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Volunteers

Others involved in the project:
  • Local authorities
  • Older People’s Association

Older people’s involvement: Older people were involved in the age-friendly practice at multiple or all stages

Details on older people’s involvement: Older persons make up the entirety of the volunteers on our intentional housing committee.

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: No

Do you plan to evaluate your age-friendly practice? Yes

Expansion plans:
This is an ongoing project, we have held 2-3 educational offerings to the community.

Looking back

Reflections:
Our goal is to get people thinking about housing needs for the future.

Challenges:
Luckily we haven’t had any.