3:00-4:00 p.m

47-E. A Community-Based Partnership to Enhance Quality of Life

Villages are nonprofit, community-based, grassroots organizations created by caring individuals to help older neighbors age in their homes and communities. Villages offer social and educational programs, health and wellness activities, technology coaching, and volunteer assistance with transportation and light home maintenance. This session will explore how villages and life plan communities collaborate and the benefits their affiliation offers both entities. Join representatives from several life plan communities and the 300-member Village to Village Network to learn how partnerships with villages can enhance a life plan community's mission and growth. You'll also hear about evidence-based programs that have enriched these partnerships.

• Barbara Hughes Sullivan, Executive Director, Village to Village Network — St. Louis, MO, US
• Evon Bergey, Vice President of Operations/ COO, Landis Communities — Lititz, PA, USA
• Melissa Ressler, Executive Director, Lancaster Downtowners — Lancaster, PA, USA
• Jessica Fredericksen, Senior Director of Brain Health, Goodwin Living — Alexandria, VA, US