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Seniors in Philly are aging in place with the help of community ‘villages’

“I really like to think of it as seniors helping seniors,” one member said. Services range from social hours to help setting up a computer to a ride to a doctor's office.

The men's group of Penn's Village meets regularly for “a free-ranging conversation” about public and private topics, says Peter Schoenbach, “like a group of friends, which, in fact, we really are.”
The men's group of Penn's Village meets regularly for “a free-ranging conversation” about public and private topics, says Peter Schoenbach, “like a group of friends, which, in fact, we really are.”Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer