Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Senior friendly

[Alice Alexander (alicecohous]

Fred, yes to all! "Senior friendly cohousing" is a generic term that
includes age-restricted senior cohousing alongside intergenerational
communities that support "successful aging" of its members.

On this list serve, there have been robust conversations about
incorporating aging in community practices within cohousing, be it senior
cohousing or intergenerational. To your question about financial
implications, yes of course, all dependent on the level of investment.
Being senior-friendly can begin simply with little out of pocket investment
as celebrating aging, proactively engaging seniors in contributing their
talents to community operations, and having a care and support program.

Part of the impetus of this conference is to identify and share successful
aging practices within our communities, driven by growing concerns with
aging in community issues.
Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
wrote:

>
> Alice,
>
> The conference announcement (below) says:
>
> > This conference is designed to fuel a nationwide development of
> > senior friendly cohousing communities.
>
> Has anyone attempted a definition of "senior friendly cohousing
> communities"?  I presume it is broader that "Senior Cohousing"
> which has only senior residents.  My impression is that
> roughly half of seniors would like to live in intergenerational
> communities. Can communities be "friendly" to families in all
> stages in life, that is "friendly" to seniors AND to families with
> children?  Are the major financial implications?
>
> Fred
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> Aging in Community Cohousing Conference May 19-21, 2016
> From: Alice Alexander (alicecohous [at] gmail.com)
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015
>
> Save the Date!
>
> Aging in Community Cohousing Conference
> May 19 – 21, 2016
> Salt Lake City, Utah
>
> Co-Produced by Coho/US and SageHill Cohousing
>
> This conference is designed to fuel a nationwide development of senior
> friendly cohousing communities. To help remove development barriers,
> presenters will include policy makers, experts in aging and care services,
> lenders, and leaders in cohousing and conscious/creative aging.  Building a
> cohousing community to support successful aging is as much about purposeful
> living and caring about the wellbeing of neighbors as it is about beautiful
> architecture and sustainability.
>
> Coho/US will be recruiting for presenters later this month; stay tuned for
> proposal requests.
>
> Advisory Committee:
> Raines Cohen, California Cohousing
> Charles Durrett, The Cohousing Company
> Nancy Francis, Sage Cohousing International
> Linda Herman, Linda Herman Consulting
> Alan O’Hashi, Silver Sage Village Cohousing
> Cindy Turnquist, SageHill Cohousing
> Ann Zabaldo, MidAtlantic Cohousing
>
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> Executive Director
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Alice Alexander
Executive Director
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