*Nobody came out to see why a little old lady with no coat was screaming or why there was a rattling at the door. Nobody called the cops* (today, Globe & Mail).
The writer suggests that the tragedy is not a call for more tech-safe devices for seniors but, instead, a time for building and being in a *community that cares for every member*.
I have worked in services all of my adult-work life BUILDING COMMUNITY and i now believe my efforts were of naught (in the bigger picture), my philosophy and methods were naive even though my approach may have been enthusiastic and innocent in intent.
The treasured, much sought after experience of *community* alludes many people: the developmentally delayed; the mentally ill; seniors; Vulnerable people have a limited time for *community building* as the world rushes by with busy families and working friends and, well, people who move and think faster!! It becomes easier to decline invitations and, over time, social isolation. It is not a nice feeling....but, i suppose not strangely, it*s almost impossible to recognize that it*s happening.
No thanks, i*d rather watch Guy Lombardo on a Saturday night. The ups and downs; the value of connecting is less than the joy of disappearing.
Economic *cacooning* (i have my millions in my mattress; buy *Canadian*, architectural *cacooning*, (designing smaller spaces to live in) Remember Edward Shumaker - *Small is Beautiful*...he was right but I do not think this is what he meant)! But, and so, people cacoon. It is no longer an issue but now a reality that with both parents working outside home, slopping together a meal before hopping out to do the grocery shopping or take a kid to a soccer game is often all the *community building* time people have
Subdivision homes are built with the intention of the bulk of family life (kitchen; media centre) is at the back of the home. You cannot hear ANYONE out front - not even a car backfire.
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