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24 <br />11. Develop innovative, intergenerational housing models that meet <br />the needs for affordable housing of seniors, students, paraprofessionals in the <br />aging workforce and lower income UNC employees both active and retired. <br />This addresses the issue of geographically distant nuclear families in many <br />communities, and creates a setting within which multiple generations can <br />teach each other and help each other. <br />12. Develop a training partnership between the UNC system, the state <br />Division of Aging and the Area Agencies on Aging which would enable <br />local front line workers in the field of aging to develop their knowledge base <br />and enhance their skills in working with individual seniors and in developing <br />successful programming. <br />13. Identify and address cultural, political, policy and socio-economic <br />norms that undermine wellness among certain groups of older adults (rural, <br />minorities) or impede their access to information, services and resources that <br />facilitate wellness and longevity. <br />14. Develop nursing home, adult day care and rehabilitation service models <br />that can address the chronic conditions of older adults from amulti-dimensional <br />wellness perspective. <br />This is an opportune time to establish a Campus for Senior Wellness and <br />Longevity that provides leadership and meets the age-related challenges now <br />facing our county, state, nation, and world. <br />