TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES
We are designing our centers around meaningful activities and community integration — rather than around doctors’ and nurses’ offices. We want our centers to be seen as “senior centers that offer medical care” rather than “clinics that offer activities.”
© Vidhya Nagarajan 2019, Levy Creative Management, NYC
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Participant teaching Sunday school
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Edenbridge participant attending a lecture
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Physician specialist giving remote advice
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Appointment with care provider
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Mayor meeting with constituents
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Attending religious services
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Edenbridge participants on a walk
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Edenbridge participant volunteering
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Social event with local senior village
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Step grandparent program for at-risk youth
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Caring for a pet at the center
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Interdisciplinary team
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Dining room for meals and activities
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Participants making items for community donation
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Participants gardening at the center
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Adult daughter at work messaging with Edenbridge team
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Edenbridge van bringing participants home
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Participant working with an Edenbridge physical therapist
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Participant reading to children at school
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Edenbridge and ER docs writing discharge plan with participant
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Social room with games and activities
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Participant sitting in a cozy apartment
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Edenbridge nurse making a home visit
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Participant delivering Meals on Wheels
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Participant with cognitive decline living with family
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Receiving hospital treatment at home