{"id":650,"date":"2026-05-26T14:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:37:47","slug":"during-a-hurricane-asheville-seniors-formed-a-pod-that-may-help-them-age-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=650","title":{"rendered":"During a hurricane, Asheville seniors formed a pod that may help them age in place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville in 2024, a small group of neighbors, all over 50, formed a mutual support pod.<\/li>\n<li>The residents hired a sharegiver and are exploring an intergenerational housing model called Stonewall Bridge.<\/li>\n<li>The new model would allow seniors to donate their homes in exchange for care and continued tenancy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<cite>\n<span>Asheville, North Carolina<\/span><span>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/cite><\/div>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s Sunday afternoon and Nancy Miller-Green, 83, is knocking on doors to remind neighbors about the weekly dinner at her house. She\u2019s spent the afternoon preparing a shrimp and corn chowder, which she\u2019ll serve with some red wine. Rapping on Maria Pugliese\u2019s door, she\u2019s surprised when it cracks open.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=638\">Federal court blocks Alabama plan for new congressional districts that could help Republicans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cAre you coming tonight, Maria?\u201d Miller-Green asks after pressing inside. \u201cWe all want to see you.\u201d Pugliese, 51, says she\u2019ll try her best, and Miller-Green continues her rounds in the cul-de-sac.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The guests arrive as the afternoon light dims on this Asheville, North Carolina, community. Eight neighbors, including Pugliese, sit around the coffee table sipping wine and nibbling on cheese cubes and fish dip, a black cat named Aura circling their ankles. Some are former social workers or therapists who have spent their professional lives caring for other people. All are over 50 years old, and the oldest is in her 90s. Half are lesbians. Most don\u2019t have children.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            They tease each other as close friends do about one\u2019s dark sense of humor and another\u2019s taste in wine. But the conversation inevitably veers to the honest realities of aging. Married couple Va Boyle, 91, and Jean Cassidy, 79, say they are missing friends, those who recently have died and those who have moved to retirement communities that offer more care. Aging, Cassidy says, is about \u201clearning to lose.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage in September 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina, and surrounding areas.\" class=\"wp-image-645\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0237a73de2a29162a146746111e40d02.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0237a73de2a29162a146746111e40d02.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0237a73de2a29162a146746111e40d02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage in September 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina, and surrounding areas.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Melissa Sue Gerrits\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The group \u2014 which the neighbors call a pod and numbers about 10 \u2014 often discusses their older years at the weekly dinners that started in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which devastated the Asheville area in September 2024.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even though most members of the pod don\u2019t require a regular caregiver, they\u2019ve hired a \u201csharegiver\u201d to help out about five hours a week with tasks such as sewing a button, doing yard work and running errands. The hope is that the sharegiver can deliver increasingly more care as they need it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But Miller-Green is asking them to consider something more imaginative: an intergenerational living model that her brother, David Nimmons, is helping build with the nonprofit housing assistance organization Stonewall Community Development Corp. The model was designed with LGBTQ people in mind but can be applied more generally. It would require housing for a younger sharegiver, someone who could provide care for just one or for a community of older adults such as the pod, with compensation increasing depending on the level of care.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nancy Miller-Green takes an afternoon walk around her neighborhood at Hawthorne Villages, where the pod is based.\" class=\"wp-image-646\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/518850628ced53d7f54796473f72c2bc.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/518850628ced53d7f54796473f72c2bc.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/518850628ced53d7f54796473f72c2bc-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Nancy Miller-Green takes an afternoon walk around her neighborhood at Hawthorne Villages, where the pod is based.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jessica Blough<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf we are not talking about our history and our values and what makes us special and our life experiences to the younger generations coming up, that will get lost,\u201d Nimmons said. \u201cThe transmission of our culture cannot be left to chance.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        A model for any community\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            This intergenerational housing program is called the Stonewall Bridge. Ideally, a participating senior would donate their home, making it part of a collection of homes owned and managed by a local nonprofit or charitable foundation. In return, the senior would receive an annual income for care, continued tenancy in the home and the help of a caregiver. Those homes would remain affordable and continue to house seniors and caregivers, even after their original owners had died or left.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The setup is meant to address two concerns for seniors: the ability to age at home and continuity of care. The arrangement also would create a financial opportunity for young people to live affordably and grow their assets while giving more LGBTQ seniors the opportunity to connect with younger LGBTQ generations, creating an important cultural bridge.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThis community has a history of building networks for care,\u201d said Paul Nagle, the corporation\u2019s executive director, referring to queer communities that cared for each other during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The neighbors in Hawthorne Villages are close, having seen each other through three weeks without electricity and six weeks without running water after Hurricane Helene.\" class=\"wp-image-647\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d9cba400c74a5d15f7b466ed40d8035c.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d9cba400c74a5d15f7b466ed40d8035c.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d9cba400c74a5d15f7b466ed40d8035c-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>The neighbors in Hawthorne Villages are close, having seen each other through three weeks without electricity and six weeks without running water after Hurricane Helene.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jessica Blough<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In addition to New York and Asheville, both of which have sizable LGBTQ communities, Stonewall CDC hopes to bring the model to South Florida, an area popular among retirees and gay men. Stonewall CDC is partnering there with retirement planning group Treece Financial and the Our Fund Foundation, which helps philanthropists find ways to support the LGBTQ community. The organizations are working on a legal plan for how to make homes fit the Stonewall Bridge model and pass part of the value of these homes to the sharegivers.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cOur job is to create the model, then people can put it wherever they want,\u201d Nimmons said. \u201cSo if you have a group of friends that have always wanted to age together, you could build your own properties and put this into it. If you\u2019re aging in place on a block or in an apartment building, you can put it there.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            As of now, the model has yet to be officially implemented.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Angie Perone, who directs the Center for Advanced Study of Aging Services at the University of California, Berkeley, sees possibilities in the model, especially for LGBTQ seniors, who are less likely to have children or traditional family structures.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt would have to be based on community rapport, community trust,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I think if it\u2019s created for and by LGBTQ+ communities, I think it could work really well.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=636\">Teens need to press pause on late-night doomscrolling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            While studies show that most people want to age at home, that choice is more imperative for LGBTQ seniors, who often face discrimination, including at long-term care facilities. Perone said living under such conditions has pushed some seniors back into the closet.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Asheville was devastated by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. The area around Haw Creek Valley Overlook is shown here.\" class=\"wp-image-648\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a2808a599cb9c759d32c0de7ce21fb28.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a2808a599cb9c759d32c0de7ce21fb28.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a2808a599cb9c759d32c0de7ce21fb28-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Asheville was devastated by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. The area around Haw Creek Valley Overlook is shown here.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jessica Blough<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The Fair Housing Act forbids exclusionary practices, such as housing designated for a particular group, putting federal funds out of reach for LGBTQ-specific housing. Consequently, only about 21 senior living communities in the country are affirming to LGBTQ identities, according to SAGE, a national advocacy organization for LGBTQ seniors.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Stonewall Bridge\u2019s model would be insulated from the volatility of federal funding because it would involve private homes. But what makes it revolutionary is also a sticking point.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even Miller-Green, who supports her brother\u2019s endeavor, isn\u2019t ready to go so far as to sign over her home to the nonprofit. Referring to her Asheville community, she said, \u201cA lot of us do have some kind of heirs. I have a daughter and grandchildren, but I also have charities that I will absolutely want to give money to,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Her neighbors feel similarly.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        After the flood\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            When floods ravaged the Asheville area, the neighborhood went three weeks without electricity and six weeks without running water. The pod formed to help each other get by. They scooped water out of the community swimming pool to flush their toilets and carpooled miles to find cell phone service. And they shared many meals, emptying their refrigerators to cook grilled cheese sandwiches and hamburgers while sharing gas stoves.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            When the power came back on, they vowed to take care of each other through the tough times that life might bring as they aged.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Miller-Green prepares dinner for the members of the pod. \u201cYou have to be willing to help. You can\u2019t just come in for what you can get,\u201d she says.\" class=\"wp-image-649\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/448906937d2581db9139d1cd4b276bff.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/448906937d2581db9139d1cd4b276bff.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/448906937d2581db9139d1cd4b276bff-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Miller-Green prepares dinner for the members of the pod. \u201cYou have to be willing to help. You can\u2019t just come in for what you can get,\u201d she says.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jessica Blough<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s really lovely as a single person to have that support,\u201d pod member Sandra Taylor, 79, said. \u201cThe support we had from each other during a big crisis has welded us together.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even though most members of the pod don\u2019t immediately require regular care, they\u2019re preparing for a time when they\u2019ll need more assistance.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            At 91, Boyle is the oldest member of the group and one of the most determined to stay in their neighborhood, called Hawthorne Villages. She has no children and no likely caregiver beyond her spouse. And she doesn\u2019t relish moving into assisted living or another type of senior housing, having seen her friends decline after such moves.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Like many homeowners, Boyle and Cassidy see their house as their most treasured asset. When they moved in at the end of 2019, it was with the expectation that this home would be their last. Boyle shakes her head at the thought of giving up the certainty of owning her home, even if it might mean she could stay for longer.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe like where we live,\u201d Boyle said. \u201cIt feels comfortable and safe.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            One thing working against the Stonewall Bridge model, Miller-Green said, is that people aren\u2019t likely to invest in a caregiving solution before life necessitates it. A key condition in the model is that the seniors and their caregivers are comfortable with each other. No decisions are made until a relationship is established that everyone feels good about.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI want to make damn sure when the time comes, that the people who are taking care of me are people I feel comfortable with and I want to be with,\u201d Nimmons said. \u201cThat\u2019s always my proof that I think this is a good idea, because this is what I would want.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n    Jessica Blough is a journalist with the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism. She covered this story through a grant from The SCAN Foundation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. 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