Glimpses of Aged Care Through a Montessori Lens
by Anne Kelly and Susan Mayclin Stephenson

Every person reading this will die and, if we are lucky, we will grow old first. Unlike in many of the countries where I have been fortunate enough to work in the Montessori field, old age with all the joys and difficulties, and death, are well prepared for. Elders have a place and value and a reason to get up in the morning. In Singapore for example there is a Proximity Housing Grant which means that if one buys a house to live near one’s parent there is a $20,000 housing grant. And if living with one’s parent there is a $30,000 grant. The government has learned that there are scientific and economic benefits for this plan. Continue reading →