This Week's Program
Aging: Alternative Housing
The way we age is changing rapidly. As people are living longer, the models of retirement, healthcare, and housing look different than they did just a decade ago. As Dene Peterson reached retirement, she decided she did not want to end up in a nursing home, so she began ElderSpirit, an independent cohousing community in southwestern Virginia.
“When I began to retire,” said Dene, “I was looking for somewhere to retire. I talked with friends about what do we really want? We want to be with friends, we want to be able to die at home. So that’s why we began ElderSpirit.”
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Natalie Francisco
God will often use the most challenging situations in our lives as opportunities to trust him for the wisdom to make the best decisions possible regarding our own level of home and health care, and the wellbeing of those closest to us.
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Embracing Aging website
Articles on many issues related to aging, including more information on cohousing.
Related Resources
Medicare Alternative Home Care Program (PACE)
When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or In-Home Care, by Robert Bornstein
Burton's Blog
Taking control of our retirement
Those facing retirement are planning for alternatives to the retirement center. Partly because such care has become unaffordable for many. But probably an even greater reason is the desire to live with more control over their lives.
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Do you experience the church as a place of help and a resource in parenting? Isaac Villegas, pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Church in Durham, N.C., is the guest on next week’s Shaping Families program. He invites his congregation (and listeners) to consider how they can be a source of moral support for families. What does it mean for a church to promise to help raise children in the faith?
Favorite Family Recipes
Pumpkin Soup
This recipe comes from host Burton Buller, who discovered that a mistake made for a great-tasting soup. He calls it “a sweet soup, very different, and oh, so delectable.”
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