Potential Benefits of Cohousing for Older People: Literature Review

This review of the literature finds that cohousing communities offer benefits to individuals and to the wider society in a two-way relationship. These benefits are considered here in the context of older people, but they apply equally in various ways to other age groups. The review is in three parts: - the personal and social benefits of senior cohousing - the social capital and civic benefits of cohousing - the environmental benefits of cohousing