The village movement started in 2002 in Boston. A Village organizes volunteers to support members in their own neighborhood. Each Village provides slightly different services depending on what members want and need. Villages serve members within specific geographic boundaries. Villages help members to live safely and with purpose by coordinating access to affordable services and a variety of social, educational and entertaining programs. Today, there are more than 300 established villages, and over 100 in development in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
Aging-in-place is not new. What is new is making “aging-in-place”f a deliberate strategy for living our best life. Villages make it possible to spend our elder hood in the neighborhood we love, while expanding our social connections and learning new things. Villages offer practical support for the things that get harder as we age - e.g. transportation and home maintenance. Aging-in-place means not having to move to feel safe and supported as we grow older.