“It doesn’t matter how old you may be, when you’ve got something in common with me.” So sing the participants of the Birch Creek Assisted Living Center’s Kids’ Club at each of their activities. The club is just one of the examples in Cache Valley of the growing trend of incorporating intergenerational activities into assisted living and retirement communities.

Several years ago, during an intergenerational activity at Sunshine Terrace, a baby crawled towards an elderly woman who was hard of hearing and visually impaired. The little girl pulled herself up on the woman’s walker and reached out her finger. A weathered finger reached back and touched the delicate one in return.

Time seemed to stop at that moment for Tessa Buck, a woman completing her practicum in musical therapy, who would g

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