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- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright
- © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-53965-8
- Pages
- 19 –30
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-53966-5_3
- Publisher site
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Abstract
[This chapter charts the path of an inveterate innovator and problem-solver who helped create the assisted living movement. When she told her mother, who was living in a nursing home, that she would be getting a doctorate to research and teach in the field of aging, her mother responded, “Why don’t you do something to help people like me?” This plea caused Wilson to conceive assisted living. Since then she has also founded a foundation and a nonprofit to serve older adults in need of housing and services. In each of these three phases, Wilson assumed leadership roles, which she attributes to three factors: her core belief that all older individuals deserve a quality of life with access to support, services, and adequate housing; her philosophy that change efforts require collaboration; and her temperament to surmount big problems—to do something. Wilson believes that aspiring leaders in senior living can attain leadership roles by adopting a similar mindset.]
Published: Jun 8, 2021