Thursday, March 14, 2013
As the number of senior neighbors-helping-neighbors "villages" increases in Montgomery County, assistance at the county level could be of use in helping villages form and coordinate services, a citizens group says.
Aging-in-place "village" networks are on the rise in Montgomery Couny, and they're being hailed as a successful way to help senior citizens stay in their homes as they grow older. But the time needed to set up a nonprofit neighbors-helping-neighbors organization is lengthy, and the process can be confusing, a citizens advisory group committee said. A designated senior village county coordinator would make it much easier for county residents to form senior villages in their neighborhoods, agreed attendees of Monday's meeting of the Quality of Life/Public Safety Committee of the Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board. At least half a dozen senior villages already are established in the county, and more are in formation, Ken …
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Chevy Chase At Home, a nonprofit organization formed to help Chevy Chase residents live at home as they grow older, hosted its first lecture Wednesday night at the Village Hall.
“Frail,” “forgetful,” “depressed,” some called out. “Wise,” “energetic,” “tennis players,” said others. “Grouchy,” “sleepless,” still others offered. “Isolated,” someone else said. These were adjectives that some of Chevy Chase’s senior residents thought of when they thought of old age. “This is a pretty … gruesome list,” said Nathan Billig, vice president of Chevy Chase At Home, and a psychiatrist with over 40 years of experience, as he began the inaugural lecture of the nonprofit aging-in-place organization on Wednesday night at the Chevy Chase Village Hall. An audience of nearly 100 listened closely for over an hour while Billig talked frankly about growing old. The title of the lecture—“Who Does Well In Old Age?”—“could be our …
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers reported that the Village is in a strong financial position, despite dwindling reserves.
Despite revenue shortfalls that have strained Village finances to the point of freezing staff salaries for the next fiscal year, the outlook for the Village that Village managers and committee chairs presented to Villagers at the 97th annual meeting of the Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers was a positive one. Even with David Winstead, chair of the board of managers, reporting that Village revenues had dropped between nine and 10 percent because of the economy, manager Samuel Lawrence, chair of the budget committee, felt confident enough in Village finances to assert that "the bottom line" is that the Village is in a "strong financial position with strong financial reserves." Still, "budget issues are going to continue to be paramount" …
Monday, November 15, 2010
Chevy Chase At Home will start providing their services in January.
Close to 125 people turned out for the kick-off event for Chevy Chase At Home Sunday evening at the Chevy Chase Village Hall. The organization, which has been in the works for close to two years, aims at having neighbors help other neighbors live comfortably to age in their community. Vice-president Nathan Billig said that idea, the urban village concept of helping older people remain in their homes and communities, has become popular in the last 10 to 15 years. With families spread out nationally and even worldwide, he said, "older people can no longer count on nearby children and grandchildren to assist with chores that may make aging in place impossible." Billig said the movement started in Boston, Massachusetts and the idea is growing …
Laura L Thornton
12:13 pm on Friday, May 6, 2011
Thank you for pointing out my spelling errors, Mark. Very poor showing on my part. Dr. Billig, I'm very sorry to have mispelled your name. I guess I need to work on spelling a little more, or I won't be able to spell even my own name when I get to the golden years..! -Laura more ›