Dear Editor,
Age Friendly Raymond (AFR) is
sincerely grateful to St. Joseph’s College (SJC) Professor Dr. John Kenneally
and his Marketing 302 students, who partnered with us to provide the review and
analysis of our community assessment survey this past semester.
The goal of Age Friendly Raymond is
to enable residents, organizations and businesses to actively participate in
community activities and to respectfully interact with each other regardless of
age. We are part of a national network of communities committed to
supporting the ability to stay in our homes as we age while building community
alliances with multiple generations of residents. The Age Friendly process
requires use of a community assessment to understand what residents see as needed
in order to age in place. The survey was held in the summer of
2018. We recognized that an independent analysis of the survey results was
needed to ensure unbiased results.
Through existing relationships with
St. Joseph’s College, AFR collaborated with Dr. Kenneally’s Marketing class to
evaluate the responses. This provided the students with real world data
and AFR with unbiased survey results at no cost to the all–volunteer Age
Friendly Raymond group. A preliminary presentation was provided by the
students to the AFR Steering Committee; additionally, a high-level recap was
presented to the Raymond Select Board.
The assistance provided by St.
Joseph’s College with this important project was invaluable to our efforts. We
enjoyed working with John and his students, and everyone benefited from the
interactions. The students represented St. Joseph’s very well. We look
forward to additional partnerships and working with SJC’s newly launched
Institute of Integrative Aging. The final report is available on the Age
Friendly Raymond website and Facebook page.
Thank you again for the quality of
this important work!
Laurie Wallace
Susan Moore
Co-Chairs, Age Friendly Raymond
Steering Committee
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