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The explosive growth of the USA’s older population is fueling a grass-roots “village” movement in neighborhoods across the country to help people age in their own homes.

More than 50 villages in a neighbor-helping-neighbor system have sprouted in the past decade from California and Colorado to Nebraska and Massachusetts. They are run largely by volunteers and funded by grants and membership fees to provide services from transportation and grocery delivery to home repairs and dog walking.

A street sign from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Most villages have opened in the past couple of years, an indication that the momentum is growing in the face of a demographic tsunami: The number of Americans 65 and older is expected to more than double to 89 million by 2050, according to the Census Bureau.

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Margaret H. Boyer St. Clair was born August 30, 1933 in Easton, Missouri to Paul I. and Helen M. Boyer.  Margaret married Charles E. St.Clair in 1965. They have resided in Vancouver, Washington since 1966.

A bundle of intellect and energy, Margaret pursued her goals with firm determination.  During our friendship she started an exotic plant nursery, became a talented ceramicist with a considerable clientele, and remodeled a home—making it what she called a storybook house. Continue Reading

Mary Lou lived in Vancouver most of her life. After the Vanport flood in 1948, she was hired by the phone company, along with many other young women, to help with the hundreds of calls from all over the world from families who were concerned abut their loved ones who lived in Vanport. She remainded as s a telephone operator until she retired. She and her friends loved to ski, spending many weekends on Mt. Hood enjoying the sport. She married Ervin in 1957. Ther shared a love of Hawaii, spending every vacation there. Continue Reading

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For years I have had the honor of working with elders who experience memory loss. As a caregiver I began to understand that I could communicate more efficiently through touch than with words. It was at this moment of discovery that I chose to serve others through massage therapy. Continue Reading

This week, a study will be reported from the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease meeting in Honolulu on the influence of diagnosis and care management on health care costs.
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