Malden with 60,000 population has many community agencies available to help the elderly. We have a new Malden Senior Community Center due to open in December 2008 that should be an economic engine in revitalizing the downtown area.
It should service all the needs of our growing, diverse, elder population and add to the increase in visits to the downtown area business district.
The challenge is to coordinate all the various service organization and the health care providers into a continuum that is easily access able to the aging population and their care givers.
It has made the vision possible by having the Malden Senior Community Center in this central location on the corner of Washington and Pleasant Streets.
WE NEED A FOCUS GROUP OF ALL Malden residents, business and political groups to make this vision a reality.
We must consider developing a membership-based-organization that will help stay in the home they love.
Opinions of all concerned are vital. All comments and suggestions will shape how to make this concept of neighbor hood cooperative a reality.
The daunting challenge is to get service organizations and individuals to collaborate on commonly agreed upon goals, foregoing inter agency competition and turf protectiveness.
A senior service concentration should be attractive to managed care organizations particularly those with concentrated seniors because it can improve quality care and receational facilities and all in the interests of the elders and their caregivers.
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