Judy WillettBeacon Hill VillageExecutive Directorwww.beaconhillvillage.org

Emerging Technologies for the Silver TsunamiSeptember 23, 2010

Technology and The Village Movement

Principles of “The Village” Model

Elements • Grassroots Membership Organization• Self-Governing• Self Supporting• Available for elders of all incomes & health• Consolidator of Services• Strategic Partners• Focus on the Whole Person• Strong Volunteer Component

Staying in your own home... In the neighborhood you love...

  Beacon Hill Villageo A non-profit, membership organization

created and run by people 50 and over in all of central Boston.

o  One stop shopping:  Offers everything and anything members need to be able to

“age in community.”

o Members are the driving force behind all actions the “village” takes.

Villages are totally CONSUMER DRIVEN

Reflecting and respecting the wishes and needs of their members

How does Beacon Hill Village Operate? Our Profile Today: 440 members: ages 53-101, average age 75, 65% singles & 35% couples

Volunteers run the organization: 12 Board members and 20 committee members

70 BHV members, community, and students assist frailer members

Operating income: $435,000Staff: 1 full time and 6 part time Executive director

Member service & Volunteer coordinator Outreach coordinator Office manager Program coordinator Book Keeper

Income From: Member Fees, Foundations, and Fundraising

• Independent and confident

• 90% of elders when asked say they want to stay in their homes

• New technologies can help this wish

• Challenge is overcoming objections

Independence through the VillageVillage Offers members: Prevention- Vigorous Minds and Bodies

Concierge; Assistance in Living; Community Building Respect to ask them what they need and want Social- overcoming isolation Member only interactive website Neighbor to Neighbor program- connect on-line Computer classes and one-on-one in-home assistance Physical changes for their home and themselves Discounts to emergency response systems Discounts to home adaptations Home assessments, home care, GCM, medication management Villages have met with Apple, Intel, I-Robot, MIT AgeLab, and more

Village to Village Network  History:

4,000 calls and emails to Beacon Hill Village25 other countries have visited BHVBHV helped hundreds of groups and organizations

      Manuals & Technical Assistance

Today:     2010 Fifty Open Villages and 80 researching

Developed the Village to Village Network- National conference-Nov 2010

Conducting ongoing research

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