Imagine walking through a glass atrium entrance into a sunny cafe for coffee and conversation or lunch.  Look at the daily roster of activities: Tai Chi and Yoga classes, line dancing, watercolor instruction, personal nutrition counseling, a computer lab, a focus group with elected officials and a fitness center equipment demonstration. Observe LifeCircles progr bustling on one side providing holistic care to nursing home eligible seniors.  Check out the friendly competition at the pool table and around the chess board. Note the hustle of Meals on Wheels drivers preparing for their daily routes delivering over 1,200 meals to homebound seniors. Here comes a lively group of retirees ready to be specially trained as Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program counselors.  Stroll around and look at the art work on display.           Welcome to Tanglewood Park!

• Nearly one in four households is involved in providing physical and emotional assistance to older relatives and friends.
• The typical caregiver is a married, employed 47 year old woman caring for her widowed mother who does not live with her.
• Over half of all caregivers are employed.
• Cost to employers for employees who are also caregivers is $29 billion per year or about $3,200 per every employed caregiver as a result of increased leaves of absence, reduces hours and increased health/mental health costs.
• 89% of Baby Boomers state that they want to 'age in place' in the same community where they raised their family, worked and retired.