Photo by Ruthie Hauge, courtesy of The Cap Times
Assisted living alternative? Madison project aims to prove a new model
The Cap Times | November 20, 2024
Karin Krause ’79, the founder and Executive Director of Hope & A Future, was featured in the Cap Times for her work to address Wisconsin’s challenges for the aging population. Krause and family educator Paula Reif are working to build an “intentional intergenerational neighborhood” in a 19th-century farmhouse on Madison’s west side, which they say would be the first of its kind in Wisconsin.
“Bringing seniors and kids together is a ‘win-win,’ Krause said. ‘If we keep seeing aging baby boomers as a problem, we’re going to miss the potential resource they are. … And the result of missing it is we don’t make huge headway with kids who are living in poverty. We have to think about doing things differently, because what we’ve been doing just hasn’t put enough of a dent in the problem,’ she added.”