Lifespan cohort · 50+ years
Rejuvenate.
Elder health and passing on wisdom.
Where elders are honoured, cared for and given a real role. Rejuvenate is the anchor: it keeps the community's memory, advises Consolidate, and feeds wisdom back to the young, while the community looks after elders' health and the end of life.
The anchor. Spiritual legacy, health and passing on wisdom. Elders advise, and sit on the boards of, the people running programmes.
Three actions
Venerate.
Honour elders and integrate them into key community roles.
Culminate.
Structure legacy planning, wills, inheritance and end of life care.
Mitigate.
Provide proactive healthcare, fitness and palliative support.
What it looks like
- Elder health and fitness
- Palliative and home care
- Oral history projects
- Advisory and board roles
- Companionship visits
- Legacy, wills and end of life planning
How it hands on
Advises, and sits on boards alongside, Consolidate, and passes stories and teaching to Elevate. Elder wisdom is only useful if it is recorded and used.
Watch for
A gap between the generations can sour a pilot. Hold an orientation for elders that frames their role as consultative.