No Seniors Left Behind During the Holidays
As seniors in living cohousing, many of us may not have family or close friends nearby to celebrate holidays with. Maybe you moved across the country to live in your community, or maybe you’ve lost friends or family members. Or maybe you simply prefer the company of your fellow cohousers. One of the great things… Read More
Shepherd Village’s newsletter, the Shepherd Village Voice, ran the following article in its October 2023 issue. With their permission, we are reprinting it here as a great example of lifelong learning. Perhaps it will trigger ideas for how your community might tap into the knowledge and expertise of your members to present educational programs for… Read More
Participation is one of the most important parts of community living, especially senior cohousing. It means engaging with your community around necessary work (like maintenance tasks), community meals, committees and decision-making, fun events like celebrations, and more. Being engaged with your community is the antidote to the isolation you might feel if you were living… Read More
In 2007 Henry and Jean were founding members of Silver Sage Village in Boulder, one of the earliest senior cohousing communities in the US. In the early years Jean had been enthusiastic in recruiting new members, but her suspicion she had early-onset Alzheimer’s was confirmed at age 63 and then worsened rapidly after a fall… Read More
New platform for senior cohousing questions
Have you heard about the Seniors in Cohousing Q&A held monthly on Zoom? It’s a new way to get your questions about senior cohousing answered. The live sessions address all kinds of topics pertinent to seniors interested in cohousing — topics like aging in community, how to find communities or groups that are forming, participation… Read More
As seniors look for more ways to stay socially engaged, there’s a new book that can be a great resource, Building Belonging: Your Guide to Starting a Residential Intentional Community (220 pages). Yana Ludwig, the author, covers the many aspects of starting an intentional community like cohousing. For example, in Chapter 11, “Land and the… Read More
Silver Sage Village, an urban senior cohousing community in Boulder, is among the earliest senior cohousing communities in the country, opening in 2007 with 16 owner-occupied units. Ten are market rate and six are permanently affordable, plus there are now two basement apartments as rentals. At present we have 28 residents, including… Read More
If you think residents of senior cohousing communities are kicking back in their rocking chairs, think again. Choosing to move in and live in a cohousing community – whether its intergenerational or senior-focused – is a new energizing endeavor itself. Once you do though, there are many opportunities to pursue a new venture, learn a… Read More
Want to get the scoop on cohousing “from the horse’s mouth”? National Cohousing Open House Weekend, sponsored by Coho U.S., is coming right up on Saturday and Sunday, May 6–7. Dozens of cohousing communities across the U.S. are holding open houses, either in person or virtual, on these dates. This is the perfect opportunity to… Read More
Why I’m Leaving Cohousing . . . Again
In my line of work, I’m often asked how a person can tell if cohousing is right for them. The best answer I have is this: People thrive in cohousing when they value the benefits of community life more than they value whatever they have to give up to get it. You won’t be surprised… Read More
Why this introvert chose Cohousing ABQ
A few weeks ago, I was sitting in my sweet minivan with my wife and daughter, on our way to our very first gathering with members of the Cohousing ABQ community. We’d driven in from Kansas City the day before. As many introverts will understand, the whole thing seemed like a super fun idea at… Read More
Betting on Cohousing: How Did BCC Reach the Finish Line?
Just as we were moving into our new building in February 2022, the following headline appeared in the New York Times: They Took a Chance on Collaborative Living. They Lost Everything. The article’s subtitle was bleak: A group that sought to create Connecticut’s first experiment in collaborative living fell short. Some of the investors lost… Read More
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