Foundation News
Mayoral Forum Focused on Issues Important to Older Adults
The race for Nashville’s next mayor is well underway. In honor of Older Americans Month, AgeWell Middle Tennessee, FiftyForward, and The West End Home Foundation hosted a mayoral forum focused on issues that were important to older adults. The older adult population is the city’s fastest growing demographic and older adults tend to turn out to cast their ballots at a higher rate when compared to younger persons. Any hopeful candidate for mayor would be wise to understand the needs of the city’s older adult residents. Nashville is at a critical juncture and it is important to highlight the concerns of older adults as we prepare for a new mayoral administration. The forum took place at FiftyForward Donelson Station on Monday, May 22 and was open to the public. LaTonya Turner, morning news editor at WPLN News, Nashville Public Radio, served as the moderator for the morning.vTen candidates (Natisha Brooks, Fran Bush, Heidi Campbell, Jim Gingrich, Sharon Hurt, Stephanie Johnson, Freddie O’Connell, Vivian Wilhoite, Matt Wiltshire, and Jeff Yarbro) participated in the [...]
Creating a Multisector Plan for Aging in Tennessee Symposium Recap
Multisector Plans for Aging (MPAs) are transforming systems of care in many states across the country. Tennessee is one of ten states participating in a National Learning Collaborative to lay the groundwork for creating a Multisector Plan for Aging for our state. On Friday, May 12, 2023, The West End Home Foundation and AARP Tennessee hosted a Symposium bringing together a diverse group of community members to learn about the structure of these plans, their impact in other states, and the status of the multisector planning process in Tennessee. Currently 1.7 million Tennesseans are 60 and older. The 2022 Community Needs Evaluation for Davidson County conducted by Metropolitan Social Services Strategic Planning and Research Department reported that “one in every seven Nashville residents is age 65 or older.” By 2034, the U.S. Census Bureau predicts there will be more people over the age of sixty-five in the United States than under the age of eighteen. The population projections in Tennessee follow the national and global trends, with the 60+ population being the fastest [...]
January 2023 Grant Awards Announced
The West End Home Foundation has announced grant awards in the amount of $1.9 million for 2023. Thirty-nine nonprofit organizations that serve older adults in Middle Tennessee will receive grant payments in early January. [...]
Internet Safety for Older Tennesseans
The West End Home Foundation kicked off 2023 by co-hosting, with Nashville Public Television, a screening of NPT's new Aging Matters documentary, "Exposing Cyber Threats". The documentary, now airing on public television stations across [...]
Grants Awarded to Help Bridge Digital Divide for Older Tennesseans
West End Home Foundation Oversees Distribution of Funds From Court Case August 03, 2022 05:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The West End Home Foundation (WEHF) is pleased to announce that more than [...]
Innovations in Aging Symposium
The last two years have seen incredible innovations and collaborations in the non-profit community as organizations have pivoted to serve the community amidst the constantly changing landscape. The pandemic has touched all of us in [...]
WEHF Honored with 2021 Sage Award
The West End Home Foundation was honored by AgeWell Middle Tennessee in October as a recipient of the 2021 Sage Award. Sage Awards are given to older individuals who have made outstanding contributions [...]
WEHF Welcomes Our New Program Officer
We are excited to announce that Chandra Allen has joined the Foundation staff to fill our new Program Officer position. Chandra is a native Nashvillian. She brings a diversity of experience in both the nonprofit [...]
