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Article: Dupin's MEDcottage to give aging seniors another option
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- September 4, 2009
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Few if any people really want to be in a nursing home, especially
independent and dynamic baby boomers. Kenneth Dupin, the founder and
CEO of the new company N2Care, is giving the latest generation of
Americans facing the challenges of aging and their families another
option.
The Salem resident presented the idea of the 288 square foot
MEDcottage to local media on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Sheraton
Hotel and Conference center in Roanoke. Many of the company's
investors are also from Salem. Janis Terpenny, an engineering
professor at Virginia Tech, is helping N2Care with design and with
developing relationships and applying for grants and government
aid.
The modular home's design, almost ...