Learn how an award-winning innovative center was conceptualized, designed, and opened to support healthy aging through social engagement, physical well-being, civic involvement, creativity, and lifelong learning!
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12:08:42 From Poppy Foddrell : Hello, Poppy Foddrell with Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services and the Area Agency on Aging. Support Coordinator for Aging Services
12:08:49 From Ashok Kapur to Ellen Pincus and all panelists : Good morning Ellen,
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12:08:51 From Poppy Foddrell : 540-792-1155
12:09:04 From Karen De Mijango : Hello - Karen De Mijango from Fairfax County.
12:10:04 From Jenna Lawrence : Hi everyone! Jenna Lawrence here from Windy Hill Senior Center in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania.
12:10:57 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Jean Saunders to All Panelists 12:07 PM
Jean Saunders with Age Friendly Saco, Maine
12:11:11 From Jean-Marie Minton to Hosts and panelists : Hello! Jean-Marie Minton, SRES realtor in Boston’s North Shore. Located here in Lynn, MA where they are just re-creating a senior center
12:11:14 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Carol Fuentevilla to All Panelists 12:05 PM
Carol Fuentevilla, retired MC Holiday Park Sr Ctr
12:11:31 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Janie Scott to All Panelists 12:05 PM
Hi. Janie Scott (OT) calling in from Cape Coral, FL
12:12:07 From Deanna Jones : Deanna Jones, Thompson Center in Woodstock, VT, Vermont Association of Senior Centers and Meal Providers. Big fan of Peter!
12:13:38 From Teresa Hilton : I would absolutely go to my senior center! It's pretty cool! Rockville Senior Center, Rockville, Md.
12:15:35 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Jean-Marie Minton to All Panelists 12:11 PM
Hello! Jean-Marie Minton, SRES realtor in Boston’s North Shore. Located here in Lynn, MA where they are just re-creating a senior center
12:15:59 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Jean Saunders to All Panelists 12:07 PM
Jean Saunders with Age Friendly Saco, Maine
12:18:42 From Sharon Canner : Reaching out to Jean Saunders in Saco, ME. I grew up in Biddeford, now in VA, Reston for a Lifetime. sharo.canner8@gmail.com
12:18:44 From Christy MacCormack to Hosts and panelists : Hello everyone, I’m Christy MacCormack from NABORFORCE.
12:19:09 From Jonathan May : Hi All. Jon May with Rosenberg Martin Greenberg. We represent service the legal needs of many nonprofit organizations that provide a variety of housing, care and services for seniors in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic.
12:20:12 From Mindy Dopler Nelson : Having just turned 63, I have been going to the Senior Center in Lowell, MA. Everything they do targets their 80 and 90 year olds. They also assume that people who are 60+ years old are retired and available before they close at 3pm M-F
12:23:14 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Carol Fuentevilla to All Panelists 12:05 PM
Carol Fuentevilla, retired MC Holiday Park Sr Ctr
12:23:24 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Christy MacCormack to All Panelists 12:18 PM
Hello everyone, I’m Christy MacCormack from NABORFORCE.
12:26:18 From Anthony Fasolo : Tony Fasolo from Leesburg VA here. I am a member of the Commission on Aging for Loudoun County(LC) VA. We are an advisory commission appointed by LC Supervisors. We have several Senior centers with a State of the Art Center opening last year in Ashburn VA.. I am here today to learn how we could do things better. One item we are discussing now is the term SENIOR Center--I know that many, including my 82 year old wife do not like to go to anything named a SENIOR Center--So are other communities using a different name??
12:28:01 From Mindy Dopler Nelson : @Tony Fasolo, my 86 year old mother also wouldn't go anywhere that was a SENIOR center. Neither will my 60+ year old friends
12:29:33 From Anthony Fasolo : Thanks Mindy
12:35:42 From Mindy Dopler Nelson : This model is amazing
12:36:44 From Christy MacCormack to Hosts and panelists : Naborforce in Charlottesville mentioned to me that they LOVE what you are doing there!
12:37:09 From gloria Gaddy : This is truly necessary for a life well lived !!!
12:38:43 From Nancie Barwick : This is amazing! It’s really sad that so few places are this forward-thinking. I agree that the name “Senior Center” is a liability.
12:39:55 From Adam Decker : This is beautiful and well-planned. How many members does the center & how many people attend in a given day/week?
12:40:55 From Jean-Marie Minton to Hosts and panelists : Just gorgeous. So many questions…Square footage? How is this funded?
12:41:10 From Jean-Marie Minton to Hosts and panelists : Is there a membership fee?
12:41:37 From Nancie Barwick : Having a family medicine clinic is great, not only for the members but for the general community so they support the center.
12:42:05 From Denise Valerio : This is amazing!! And I am so deeply impressed with Peter and Jeff and their off the chart presentation. Great synergy. I am part of a community task force working on an aging in place/Village concept and while this inspires me raising the money feels overwhelming but doable!! Wow!!
12:42:40 From Diane Watson : Hello Everyone, I'm Diane Watson, contact person for Spring Hill Community Village in Lorton, VA 22079 703-843-7073
12:42:42 From Mindy Dopler Nelson : LOVE the outdoor space and coffee shop!
12:43:46 From Mindy Dopler Nelson : There aren't windows at my Senior Center. It's so depressing
12:44:53 From Jean-Marie Minton to Hosts and panelists : Mindy, agreed. For us in northeast urban communities, where space is limited, a new vision is necessary
12:44:56 From Gwendolyn Lloyd : Absolutely Astonishing!
12:46:33 From Nancie Barwick : What this place says is that older people deserve a great experience and good things to do by their choice. Most senior centers are really austere and say that you take what you can get because you’re older and no longer deserve the best.
12:47:40 From Gwendolyn Lloyd : Agreed Nancie.
12:47:50 From Barbara Sullivan : Hello everyone. Barbara Sullivan, Executive Director of Village to Village Network. I love this Center! Q? Are you connecting with some of the local Villages for joint programs? A natural fit! I think you have several of our Villages near your new Center.
12:49:04 From Jill Rose : Truly an incredible resource. I'm sorry if I missed this, but who funds this? Most senior centers are affiliated w/ county government.
12:52:03 From Mindy Dopler Nelson : @Nancie - agreed!
12:53:37 From Charles Kauffman to Hosts and panelists : What per cent of the older adult local community actually use the facility/ I think you mentioned 20,000 seniors in the community-please verify, Thanks
12:54:23 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : Here is the website https://thecentercville.org/
12:55:04 From Jean-Marie Minton to Hosts and panelists : Age-less is the key to bringing the generations together, which is what most agers are missing
12:55:38 From Jean-Marie Minton to Hosts and panelists : would this be called “universal design?”
12:56:55 From Barbara Sullivan : Well said! Thanks Steve!
12:57:13 From Teresa Hilton : You can still take the same principals, and create services that are delivered creatively! I am in a 1980's school building and the changes we have made are incredible! City of Rockville, Rockville Senior Center
12:57:19 From Marjorie Cotterman to Hosts and panelists : Thank you so much for such a wonderful presentation. My background is in Memory Care AL, and this allows for me to dream.
12:58:05 From Christy MacCormack : Naborforce in Charlottesville loves what you are doing there! They gave a talk there recently to your residents. You guys have made nailed it with form and function!
12:58:09 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : Bushman Dreyfuss website https://bdarchitects.com/
12:58:57 From Marjorie Cotterman to Hosts and panelists : Me again, especially as we strive to see how we can connect to the broader community and incorporate more of our outside. We are very blessed to be located on six acres of “farm”, and we do have farm animals for our residents to enjoy, and gardens.
12:59:13 From Mary Warneka to Hosts and panelists : So interesting for future SC ... it’s the people “ welcoming “ that still tops the SC in the old school buildings !
12:59:49 From Christy MacCormack to Hosts and panelists : Do you have any properties in the greater Bethesda, Maryland area?
13:00:57 From Alexis D�Angelo Swope to Hosts and panelists : I am sorry if I missed this- does naming it The Center cause confusion with your other community centers you have in the area? I love that you dropped Senior!
13:01:19 From Peter Thompson, The Center to Hosts and panelists : peter@thecentercville.org
13:01:26 From Jeff Dreyfus - Bushman Dreyfus Architects to Hosts and panelists : jd@bdarchitects.com
13:01:42 From Marjorie Cotterman to Hosts and panelists : Thank you
13:02:55 From Peter Thompson, The Center to Hosts and panelists : We also use 'tag lines' e.g. 'Healthy aging never gets old' in our ads so folks get a sense 'The Center' focuses on 50+
13:03:13 From Bonnie Barrella : Thank you so much for your time and expertise, Jeff and Peter! This is so amazing to see ...Bonnie Barrella (202) 626-5799 at The Residences at Thomas Circle
13:04:12 From Bonnie O'Leary : this was a wonderful presentation and I wish I lived in Charlottesville!
13:04:29 From JENNIFER CRAWLEY : Can you speak to the membership model used by The Center?
13:04:49 From Anthony Fasolo : Great Presentation-thank you. My takeaway is that we need to change the name of Senior Centers to The Center, look at café operations in each, and see where we could combine programs such as performing arts in centers. We do have centers located near senior living places.(55 and up) thank you
13:06:07 From Janie Scott : This has been an excellent program. I hope to share the audio recording with others. Thank you!
13:06:31 From Deena Imbriglia : The Center is utterly phenomenal!! You have leaped the generational needs that connect us all!! Congratulations and thank you.
Deena Imbriglia of Home Instead; deena.imbriglia@homeinstead.com
13:07:15 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : Peter M. Thompson, Executive Director
The Center at Belvedere
540 Belvedere Blvd. | Charlottesville, VA 22901
peter@thecentercville.org
434.974.4577 (direct) / 974.7756 (main) /434.989.0180 (cell)
www.thecentercville.org
13:09:40 From Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : GoGoGrandparent allows older adults to utilize on demand transportation companies like Lyft while keeping family and loved ones notified. https://gogograndparent.com/
13:09:56 From Cheryl Bartholomew : Thank you for this amazing presentation. Would you be willing to do a follow-up presentation to address some specific programming and design issues?
13:11:26 From Peter Thompson, The Center to Hosts and panelists : Yes, I'd be happy to do a followup now that folks have a sense of what we envisioned and done!
13:11:48 From Teresa Hilton : I would love a follow up session on programming! Thank you so much Peter and Jeff
13:12:51 From Teresa Hilton : Virtual programs are here to stay! It's the one good thing that came out of Covid. Spaces with the technology to do hybrid programming is going to be key in the future
13:15:02 From Gwendolyn Lloyd : I love the inclusiveness of this center model. Thanks for the innovative ideas that I can use even within a small space and limited money.
13:17:14 From Peter Thompson, The Center to Hosts and panelists : yes we also do a lot of virtual and can do it better with our IT capacity now. Hybrid programs are also popular!
13:17:29 From Mary Warneka to Hosts and panelists : Thank you Jeff .. well said
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