The Private Sector is launching a program to help ensure that elderly members of a local intentional community are able to comfortably and safely remain on the property through the end of their lives. We hope to create a viable aging in place program that will become a model for aging gracefully with dignity while remaining within one’s community.

Aging in place is defined by the Center for Disease Control as "the ability to live in one's own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably, regardless of age, income, or ability level." The Private Sector (TPS) would like to create a program with the capacity to competently and pleasurably care for residents as their physical capabilities decrease.  Ultimately our goal would be to have a facility staffed and equipped well enough for us to be able to care for all of the physical and social needs of any member of the target community which is predominantly comprised of individuals over the age of fifty.

The proposed AIP program will include:

After decades of heavy use, the primary residential site being used is now in need of significant renovation, including the complete refurbishment of a kitchen, bathroom and living room. Recently, we finished renovating two bathrooms. Soon, we hope to begin remodeling the kitchen. Both spaces are also used by volunteers who process food donations 6 days a week that feed hundreds of people annually in the surrounding area. Join us in improving our facility for volunteers, low-income families and the elderly.