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November 2024

October 2024

ARBORIST WALK: NOT FOR TREE HUGGERS ONLY!
10/29/2024

Bill Wishner: Visual Hunter
10/29/2024

Can a Village Group Fix Our Healthcare System?
10/29/2024

Community Board Directors Strengthen Village Board
10/29/2024

Connecting with Village Connections: The A, B, C, & D’s of Medicare @ 65+
10/29/2024

Grief is a Journey: Two Paths Taken
10/29/2024

Message from the President
10/29/2024

Promoting Informed & Involved Voters
10/29/2024

What Will Be Your Legacy?
10/29/2024

1619, Approaching the Election...
10/27/2024

Beyond and Within the Village - A Star is Born
10/17/2024

Happiness by Priscilla Leonard
10/11/2024

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
10/11/2024

Unpainted Door by Louise Gluck
10/11/2024

In the Evening by Billy Collins
10/10/2024

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
10/10/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

September 2024

August 2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

First Anniversary
08/19/2024

Alexandra Leaving by Leonard Cohen
08/16/2024

Muse des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden
08/16/2024

The God Abandons Antony by Constantinos P. Cavafy
08/16/2024

Ch – Ch – Ch –Changes
08/15/2024

Cultural Activities Team offers an ‘embarrassment of riches’
08/15/2024

Engaging in Pasadena Village
08/15/2024

Future Housing Options
08/15/2024

Message from the President
08/15/2024

There Are Authors Among Us
08/15/2024

Villagers Welcome New Members at the Tournament Park Picnic
08/15/2024

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
08/14/2024

A narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson
08/13/2024

Haikus
08/13/2024

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
08/13/2024

Poem 20 by Pablo Neruda
08/13/2024

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
08/13/2024

Trees by Joyce Kilmer
08/13/2024

July 2024

June 2024

May 2024

Emergency Preparedness: Are You Ready?
05/28/2024

Farewell from the 2023/24 Social Work Interns
05/28/2024

Gina on the Horizon
05/28/2024

Mark Your Calendars for the Healthy Aging Research California Virtual Summit
05/28/2024

Meet Our New Development Associate
05/28/2024

Putting the Strategic Plan into Practice
05/28/2024

Washington Park: Pasadena’s Rediscovered Gem
05/28/2024

Introducing Civil Rights Discussions
05/22/2024

Rumor of Humor #2416
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2418
05/14/2024

Springtime Visitors
05/07/2024

Freezing for a Good Cause – Credit, That Is
05/02/2024

No Discussion Meeting on May 3rd
05/02/2024

An Apparently Normal Person Author Presentation and Book-signing
05/01/2024

Flintridge Center: Pasadena Village’s Neighbor That Changes Lives
05/01/2024

Pasadena Celebrates Older Americans Month 2024
05/01/2024

The 2024 Pasadena Village Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
05/01/2024

Woman of the Year: Katy Townsend
05/01/2024

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Village Movement California Advocates for Villages

By Blog Master
Posted: 10/01/2021
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VILLAGE MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES FOR VILLAGES

Village Movement California is our statewide coalition of community –based villages that is working to create society-wide change in the way we age.  Village Movement California envisions a society where people of all backgrounds and economic means can age with dignity, purpose, and self-determination and it is playing an active role at the state level to bring about systemic change that will include a role for Villages throughout the state to support aging adults.
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With  the  Master  Plan  for  Aging  in  place,  it’s  time  to  update  aging services to meet  the needs  of  California’s  growing  and  diverse  older  adult  population  and  to  make  sure villages,  an  important  component  of  this  initiative,  are  included.   To that end, the  California  Department  of  Aging  (CDA)  and  its  partners  are  leading  a  statewide discussion  to  reimagine  and  reinvent  regional  aging  services.  

More  and  more  diverse  Californians  want  to  live  in  their  chosen  homes  and communities  as  they  age.  Nationwide,  a new poll  from  the  SCAN  Foundation found that  88%  of  Americans  prefer  to  receive  assistance  living  at  home  or  with  loved  ones. People age  60+  are  now  almost  25%  of the population.  They  need  a  strong  network that  easily  connects  them  to  services that  help  them  live  where  they  choose.  Such  a structure is  essential  for  a  California where all  ages can thrive,  and  key  to  all California adults  and  families navigating  and  accessing  their  choices  for  home  and  community living.    

The Department of Aging is considering implementing a Aging Hub and Spokes structure for every community in the State.  The “Hub” agency will provide people with information, planning, and care coordination for aging services.  The “Spokes” will then connect people to a range of community, county, health, and other partners to support healthy living for older adults.  In this way the Hub and Spokes network can deliver person-centered and culturally responsive information and resources.

Village Movement California’s position is that Villages must be included as a “Spoke” program in each region of the state.  VMC is mobilizing Villages across the state to make that case during upcoming regional townhall meetings led by the Department of Aging.  Members of Pasadena Village will participate in one of the townhalls and report back to our members.  To learn more about Village Movement California visit their website at Village Movement California 
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