Elder cohousing is for active seniors
who intend to age in place.
Senior cohousing is built using universal design.
1. Each family has at least one person who is age 55 or over in order to reside in the senior community.
2. Senior Cohousing is designed not only for community, but also for individual privacy.
3. Each senior family has a private home which is normally modest in size with "green" construction saving energy, materials, and money.
4. Each private home is built using universal design and can fit the lifestyle of an active senior or one who needs accessibility for a walker or wheelchair--now or in the future.
5. Private homes in senior cohousing are augmented by common facilities which are shared by all residents and include such amenities as a common house, a community garden, common open areas and walking paths, community hobby areas, and other features that are important to the cohousing residents.
6. Common facilities are planned and built using universal design to assure use by residents with all levels of physical ability.
7. Residents manage their project after they move-in and in a few projects, residents manage from the beginning.
8. Leadership is shared by residents. No one person from the community leads the project, although consultants are often hired during the planning and building stage.
9. The community itself is not normally a source of income for the seniors. There is no shared income in the community--each senior family has its own outside sources of income.
10. Structures are one story unless an elevator is provided, although second story units are sometimes included for the living quarters to home health aides.
Senior Cohousing
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Active Lifestyle of Elder
Cohousing
Aging Gracefully in Elder Cohousing
Benefits of Senior Cohousing
Cars, Who Needs Them?
Common Areas in Senior
Cohousing
Costs of Elder Cohousing
Do Rentals Make Sense for Senior
Cohousing?
Ecohousing: Why
Build Green?
Features of Senior Cohousing
Finding a Senior Cohousing
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Good Neighbor Information
Hot Spots in Community Decisions
Individual Privacy in Senior Cohousing
Is Senior Cohousing Right for You?
Locate a Senior Cohousing
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Make Good Use of Your Common House
Meanwhile, Back at the
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Outdoor Common Areas for Senior Cohousing
Therapeutic Community Gardens for
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Why Elder Housing?
Seniors and Loneliness
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Younger Faces
in Senior Cohousing
Senior &
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