VT daycare program serves as model for others
Neighbors Growing Together puts tiny children and white-haired companions together to help the young ones with their social skills and the older ones improve their memory
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Associated Press
Published: April 28, 2008
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - An intergenerational day-care program at Virginia Tech is becoming a resource for other programs worldwide.
Neighbors Growing Together puts tiny children and white-haired companions together to help the young ones with their social skills and the older ones improve their memory. The center is staffed by students or specialists in gerontology or child development—and each group gets training on what the other group needs.
Among the benefits of intergenerational groupings: they can alleviate isolation by senior citizens and the children learn how to better accept the aging process.
Professors and nursing-home workers have come to Virginia Tech from Sweden, Germany and Spain to learn more about intergenerational caregiving.
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