Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

The power of community can change the way we age.

16 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from a YouTube presentation, the speaker reflects on a community‑based research project that demonstrated how local residents can mobilize around issues that matter to them—specifically, the ability to age in place. The speaker highlights the community’s high enthusiasm, the vital importance of the topics discussed, and the way the project fostered intergenerational connections and provided valuable learning experiences for the speaker’s students. The overall message underscores the transformative power of community engagement to inspire collective action and improve circumstances for older adults.

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I think what this community-based research project really showed us was how communities can mobilize around the things that matter to them and the needs that they, that they have to improve their circumstances, to improve things like ability to age in place. And it was so inspiring to see, as Anna mentioned earlier, just how engaged this community was, how much enthusiasm people brought to these conversations, how important, how vitally important these questions were, and how a community can really come together to talk about the things that matter to them and to action on the things that matter to them. I think that was one of the biggest learnings for my students and the sort of intergenerational connections that happened through this project. You know, that's the power of community.