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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 23 > Janet Witkin founded nonprofit Alternative Living for the Aging

Janet Witkin founded nonprofit Alternative Living for the Aging

By Valerie J. Nelson / The Bulletin
February 23, 2009

Janet Witkin, who as a young adult questioned why seniors did not have more independent-living options then founded an organization in 1978 to pioneer the concept in Los Angeles, died Saturday. She was 62.

Witkin, who was executive director of the nonprofit Alternative Living for the Aging, died....

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