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From: lselhai (lselhaircip.com) | |
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:59:01 -0700 (MST) |
Hello Diane Simpson. I am a nurse practitioner and a school nurse. I have been involved in cohousing for a total of 13 1/2 years, 8 of them living in Southside Park Cohousing in downtown Sacramento, California. I will try to answer your questions. Feel free to recontact me via email LSELHAI [at] RCIP.COM if you have any other questions. 1. What made you decide to live in cohousing? Most of my adult life I lived in homes with other people, including after I had children. I enjoyed the cooperative and social aspects of group living, and thought that it was a good environment to raise kids, but wanted a little more privacy. In 1988, while looking for a duplex or 2 adjacent houses to buy with some friends, we all went to a slide show on cohousing given by Chuck and Katie. We were very interested, and formed a group with some other people to explore the idea of a cohousing community in the greater Sacramento area. Five years later, our community was built and we moved in. 2. Have you observed any health benefits from living in cohousing for yourself or for others? There are the obvious benefits of helping each other in times of crisis including health crisis. A few months ago an elderly woman in our community died at home as she wished. During her last weeks, with the help of hospice services, the community provided her with round the clock love and care. I act as a health resource in the community, checking ears, throats, lungs, hearing, blood pressure, and giving advise. I provide 1st aid and occasionally get calls in the middle of the night. People support each other when they try to lose weight, exercise, are disabled. I don't know if my health has been impacted very much since it has always been very good. 3. Has living in cohousing helped you in your career in any way, either by making it more comfortable for you to work odd shifts, helping you with meeting skills, or helping you relate to other people better? I do not work odd shifts although when my children were younger I could always get someone to care for them if I needed childcare. If I need anything I do not have I can usually borrow it. I have learned a lot of good skills by working with the consensus process and working with others on innumerable projects. I have learned to work with smart, creative, stubborn, strong-willed people on a day-to-day basis. 4. Has it made your life any easier by having people around who look after you for a change? Life is better surrounded by people who truly care about me. Living in cohousing is not easier in many ways, but for me it is better. Laurisa Elhai _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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Nurses in Cohousing Diane Simpson, March 11 2002
- Nurses in Cohousing lselhai, March 15 2002
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