RE: Fifty Plus Cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Forbes Jan (jan.forbesdhhs.tas.gov.au) | |
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:05:01 -0700 (MST) |
G'day Liz It would be interesting to examine the reasons why some older people express a preference for 'seniors only' cohousing. There may be some real disincentives to age-integrated living that need to be addressed in order for older people to want to live with younger age groups. In one Danish study of older people living in communes, age discrimination and the need and desire to feel accepted and wanted were importanct factors in choosing segregated living. So rather than starting to point the finger, perhaps people could try to look at themselves more and at what they might be doing to maybe cause older people to feel devalued, excluded and/or disadvantaged in age-integrated communities. Or it may just be a matter of dispelling myths and unrealistic fears. Who knows? An interesting subject that is worthy of further investigation. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Stevenson [mailto:tamgoddess [at] attbi.com] Sent: Monday, 17 February 2003 1:52 AM To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org Subject: Re: [C-L]_Fifty Plus Cohousing > Besides which, I question the motives for wanting to restrict a community > to over-50 anyway. Seems to me like it's just a way of trying to get > around the laws against excluding families with children by setting up a > different requirement that merely makes their presence highly unlikely. > > Sara I don't see this suspicious motive in what she wrote. It seems to me that there is a subtext here you're not talking about. Maybe it wouldn't be cohousing, but where would one go to see if others would be interested in something that's very much like cohousing, besides here? It seems an innocent enough request. -- Liz Stevenson Southside Park Cohousing Sacramento, California tamgoddess [at] attbi.com _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
- Re: Fifty Plus Cohousing + ?, (continued)
- Re: Fifty Plus Cohousing + ? Kay Argyle, February 20 2003
- Re: Children racheli, February 21 2003
- Re: Re: Children Kay Argyle, March 3 2003
- the Denmark connection Alex Hempton, March 2 2003
- Re: Fifty Plus Cohousing-(OT?) Elizabeth Stevenson, February 16 2003
- Re: Fifty Plus Cohousing racheli, February 19 2003
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