Co-housing
Cohousing: an enduring idea but is it a new opportunity for older people?
New Zealand’s housing stock is relatively homogenous, poorly aligned with changing population needs and growing household diversity. There is evidence of problems in the delivery of appropriate housing for the ageing population.
2017
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Intergenerational Programming in Senior Housing: From Promise to Practice
There is a growing interest among senior housing providers in intergenerational programming as a vehicle for connecting residents to the broader community, enhancing well-being for both youth and older adults, reducing ageism, and preparing an aging workforce.
2017
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Cohousing Communities: A New Age-in-Place Lifestyle
A generally-acknowledged definition of cohousing is an intentional community with privately-owned homes clustered around a shared outdoor and indoor space. This article looks at the development of cohousing models for seniors in the US.
2017
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So Happy Together: Shared Living in Retirement
Some might call it a commune, others might call it a tribe. But retirees who are sharing housing in their senior years call it smart and sustainable. This Canadian article looks at new ways seniors are finding a sense of community and happiness while reducing their housing expenses.
2017
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What can you do if you don't want to go into a retirement village?
Enterprising baby boomers are turning to co-housing to avoid the conventional retirement communities that were often the only option for their parents.
2017
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Growing old better by growing old amongst friends: the rise of third age cooperatives
This article looks at the co-housing option for the elderly in Spain. The case study is the dream of a group of people who one day decided they neither wanted to be shut away in an old people’s home nor to depend on their children. Given the lack of options, they came up with their own solution: to grow old among friends.
2017
How the Dutch Lead the Way in Senior Housing Innovation
Out of the box thinking is what it will take to truly house and nurture various special populations. When looking at real estate development strategies, housing companies should be thinking about how design might help foster a better living environment.
2017
Urban Cohousing the Babayaga Way
A brand new apartment building, Babayagas’ House opened in the Paris suburb of Montreuil, France in October 2012, 13 years after the women first hatched their plan. Many of those years were spent securing government funding for the project.
2016
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Co-living is perfect to house ageing populations
Co-living complexes aren't just for millennials – they could also be used to house the growing population of senior citizens.
It could be said that current housing options for older people, from retirement communities to nursing homes, are "storage devices" that create social segregation.
2016
Pollard Thomas Edwards completes UK's first over 50s co-housing scheme
Pollard Thomas Edwards has completed the UK's first co-housing project for older residents in north London, comprising brick mews houses arranged around a communal garden.
New Ground Co-housing is a women-only complex set on the site of a former convent in High Barn.
2016
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