How to Age Up How to Age Up Together
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Apr 28, 2025 Eunice Nichols, Co-CEO of CoGenerate, has dedicated over twenty years to fostering intergenerational partnerships. In this conversation, she discusses the growing demographic shift toward an older society and the need for connections between generations. Eunice highlights the challenges and advantages of bridging age gaps, sharing personal anecdotes about fostering community ties. She also explores how collaboration can tackle contemporary issues like economic instability and climate change, and emphasizes the importance of shifting cultural perspectives on aging.
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Age Diversity vs Age Segregation
- We live in the most age-diverse time ever due to healthcare innovations and declining birth rates.
- Yet, institutions enforce strong age segregation separating generations in schools, workplaces, and retirement communities.
Retirement Communities' Unintended Effect
- Retirement communities were created to offer leisure but unintentionally isolate older adults.
- This segregation removes elders with valuable experience from broader society, creating drawbacks.
Creative Writing Sparks Housing Idea
- At Drexel University, elders and students joined a creative writing class, sparking connection.
- This inspired plans for cooperative housing to foster deeper generational living together.