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We are an all-volunteer membership organization.  All members  volunteer to help other members.  The annual membership cost in 2017 is $120.

 

The Aging-in-Place Concept

Rhinebeck at Home joins over 200 existing "aging in place" villages and another 100+ villages that are in development. We are a part of the Village to Village Network (VtV), a national peer-to-peer network that helps establish and continuously improve management of villages, whether in large metropolitan areas, rural towns or suburban settings. The mission of VtV is to enable communities to establish and effectively manage aging in community organizations initiated and inspired by their members.

 
Villages that are part of VtV are membership-driven, grass-roots organizations, and are typically run by some staff and many volunteers. To learn more about Village to Village, visit their website http://www.vtvnetwork.org/, or click here.

Our History

The Town of Rhinebeck Committee on Aging became aware of the "aging in place" concept in 2007 and joined our neighbors from the greater Poughkeepsie area in exploring the possibility of creating something modeled on Boston's ground-breaking Beacon Hill Village. Distance and cost estimates essentially derailed the concept of just one organization in Dutchess County, so Hudson Valley Home Matters opened in 2009 serving the City of Poughkeepsie and six surrounding towns. 

A 2011 survey by the Town of Rhinebeck Committee on Aging identified more than 70 Rhinebeck residents who were interested in learning more about the possibility of an aging-in-place organization for Rhinebeck. A small group of Rhinebeck residents formed a not-for-profit organization and held many meetings and gatherings of interested persons.

Northern Dutchess Hospital provided us with office space; the Community Foundation of the Hudson Valley provided fiscal sponsorship;we developed policies and procedures; the Frost Memorial Fund provided seed funding; we obtained insurance and established membership criteria. And we finally "launched" on Thursday, May 9th, 2013 with 80 guests at a brunch at the Beekman Arms. 
 

Officers & Board of Directors

Officers
President: Nina Lynch
Vice President: Anne Brueckner
Treasurer: Francois Weigel
Secretary: June Vanderlaan
 
Directors
John Hoctor
Ellen Hubbert
Arthur Kaufman
Alan Lipper
Anne Sunners