In the spring of 2010, forty-one focus group participants met to identify the service needs of individuals fifty and older living with brain disorders in the Fairfax-Falls Church Community. Participants were comprised of adults fifty and older living with brain disorders, care givers of adults fifty and older living with brain disorders, mental health advocates, individuals who work with and/or for programs that serve adults fifty and older living with brain disorders, and academicians who specialize in geriatric services.

Allison Hill was the first suburb of Harrisburg City, Pennsylvania, the Capital of Pennsylvania. The "Hill" once housed Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor as well as other upwardly mobile individuals. Now, Allison Hill is home to Harrisburg's poor, elderly, disabled and disenfranchised. It remains one of the most densely populated areas in the City. With the great recession and continued budget cuts, Allison Hill residents increasingly rely on churches and the few remaining long-term residents to assist with food, clothing and protection from those that take advantage of the poor and neglected.