Introduced by Pam Slater, the April 3rd guest speakers were Sharon and Howard Johnson with Age-Friendly Innovators. Their mission is to embrace and support healthy and independent living for older adults. Many older adults find themselves living in poverty (23% of Jackson County residents live at Federal Poverty Level Status), and can be found living alone in many of the mobile home parks in our community Aging in place, meaning living independently within their homes, takes planning and risk considerations. Sharon and Howard Johnson came up with the concept of Age-Friendly Innovators to help lower income, older adults, become able to lead happy, healthy, independent older lives in their homes. Age-friendly concepts include adaptive, livable communities with intergenerational relationships. Their website, http://agefriendlyinnovators.org/ offers many resources to help families learn what is needed to keep mom and dad living in their own home.
Age-friendly Innovators is a nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors ( http://agefriendlyinnovators.org/board-of-directors/) and is funded through donations and grants.
