Community
Closing the Hospital Revolving Door
I just read a good article about closing the hospital revolving door. It’s about helping older adults prepare in advance for what happens AFTER they are released from the hospital. Some studies show that 40% to 50% of re-admissions occur because patients don’t understand the discharge instructions and don’t comply. In some instances, resources that [...]
Lessons Learned with My Parents
A month or so ago I wrote about being an impending caregiver as my parents get older, and trying to be prepared. It seemed like my mother – younger, more physically fit and in better health than my dad, would end up being the caregiver.
At least those were the odds.
A single quick slip with a [...]
Community of Practice forming for Resident Community Changemakers
SCOPE soon will be announcing the 2012 fellows of the Resident Community Changemakers program. This 20 hour / week fellowship is designed to support neighbor-initiated, neighbor-led community change efforts throughout Sarasota County. The fellows will be partnering with their neighbors and with SCOPE over the next 9 months to co-develop community-building approaches that are tailored [...]
Responding to Economic Inequality with Nurturance, Rather than Indifference
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.
– Edward Everett Hale
Yesterday, I posted some reflections on the relationship between economic inequality and toxic stress - the kind of [...]
Economic Inequality and Toxic Stress
As a community engagement organization focused on community well-being, SCOPE is generating a local conversation about economic equality / inequality and how it relates to the well-being of everybody. One aspect I’m interested in exploring is how economic inequality relates to toxic stress, and how we might respond to both.
What is economic inequality?
Economic inequality is [...]
Through the Census Looking Glass: Economic Equality Here in Sarasota County
In a recent blog post, Tim Dutton invited us to begin thinking together as a community about econonomic equality here in Sarasota County. Although we don’t yet have great local data available, here’s one way to begin taking a look:
In a recent Herald-Tribune article titled, “Census: Sarasota neighborhoods are among state’s richest,” reporter Zac Anderson notes that Sarasota [...]
Feeling Energized by the Fresh Perspectives of Neighbors
Over the past three weeks, we’ve met with over a dozen individuals from neighborhoods throughout Sarasota County - individuals who are interested in working as Resident Community Changemakers in their home neighborhoods. These residents shared pictures of the places in their neighborhood they like best, described neighbor-led efforts already underway, and talked about their hopes [...]
More Equality, More Well-Being for All
I am a big fan of the TED.com talks about current Technology, Entertainment and Design issues emerging around the world. A month or so ago I came across a TED Talk by Richard Wilkinson, a British health economist. It is 16 amazing minutes of one chart after the next establishing the correlation between [...]
At the Top of Our Game in Sarasota County
An article in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune talked about the graying of our global population as our planet hits the 7 billion population mark. Ted Fishman, author of “Shock of Gray”, was quoted,
“Longer life is what human beings have wanted ever since we started talking to spirits and mixing herbs in bowls. And we worked at [...]
Read All About It: Central-Cocoanut Neighbors Join Together in Fierce Devotion to their Neighborhood
In recent weeks, there have been many media reports about the local response to the mural painted in the Central-Cocoanut neighborhood of Newtown, on the corner of 10th Street and Central Avenue. As a community engagement organization, SCOPE has been anticipating headlines about the community-building brilliance of the neighborhood residents, as that’s what most impresses [...]