Cohousing-L Mailing List: Work distribution in senior cohousing?

[David Heimann (heimann]

Hello,

	We have a 70+ gathering that meets periodically to discuss 
age-related issues.  One issues that came up at our last discussion was 
a feeling of being pushed on to do physical work tasks that one can no 
longer easily or even possibly do, with the implication being that the 
old(er) residents are not doing their "fair share" (quotes are 
deliberate), and that it would be expensive to contract out those tasks 
because there are not enough strong bodies to do them.

	So -- how is the necessary work done in senior cohousing 
communities, or is most or all of it contracted out as being a necessary 
budget item in a community with many age-disabled residents?

        So it isn't "youth wants to know", it's "age wants to know" :-)

Thanks,
David Heimann
JP Cohousing
Jamaica Plain, MA