Cohousing-L Mailing List: Shared services

[Maraiah (Lynn) Nadeau (welcome]

People talk about wanting to “age in place.” Thirty-some years in, our 
community has more and more members in their seventies and eighties. So far, 
health crises and terminal illnesses have occured one at a time, and we’ve been 
able to respond adequately as volunteers. 

But inevitably, there will be more. Already, we have some members who pay 
someone to clean house or cook for them. We are brainstorming ways members 
could collaborate, such as employing help that would serve multiple households, 
possibly providing housing? Weekly soup production, for subscribers? What about 
care for people who live alone and are in decline? Home nursing?

 What would the need be, for scheduling, paying, managing employees?

Are there cohousing communities with care-coop systems up and running? I’m 
interested.

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing
Port Townsend WA