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Welcome to Florida Assisted Living. We understand our residents’ needs. We provide personal care with healthy care and active lifestyle in wonderfully caring environment with additional care. At Imperial Club, we offer several living choices for our assisted living residents. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Building mutual support & social capital in Retirement Communities


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Building mutual support social capital in
Retirement Communities
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Social capital is about the value of social
networks, bonding similar people and bridging
between diverse people, with norms of reciprocity
  • Bonding capital
  • within scheme
  • Bridging capital between scheme wider
    community

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Examples of initiatives in retirement housing
which build both forms of social capital
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Benefits for providers
  • Marketing
  • Partnerships
  • Use of communal spaces
  • Meeting needs that they can (no longer?) reach
  • Outreach

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Benefits for the community
  • Buildings and facilities
  • Ready-made community of people
  • Resources, knowledge, skills, time of individuals
  • Named professional contact
  • Secure and structured environment

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Benefits for older people
  • Opportunity to make a contribution
  • Extra (free) support/ befriending
  • Activities facilities more choice, more
    support to participate
  • Greater choice and control as a community
  • Contact with diverse people

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Good neighbour scheme
  • One of six named volunteers will pop out for
    light shopping and prescriptions for others who
    cannot
  • Residents can ask them directly or go via the
    Estate Manager
  • Now residents dont feel so shy about asking for
    help Estate Manager
  • Bowes Lyons Close Windsor (Hanover)

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For more information contact us
  • Address Imperial Club2751 NE 183rd
    Street (Just off Biscayne 183rd) Aventura, FL
    33160 
  • Phone (305) 935-1801
  • Join us on
  • http//www.facebook.com/pages/Imperial-Club-
    Aventura-Retirement-Living/216448131719254
  • Website http//www.imperial-living.com/
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