What was your view of “senior citizens” when you were a youthful 20- or 30-something? Perhaps you pictured gray-haired, stooped elders walking with a cane, playing bingo in a retirement home, their calendars full of medical appointments. People whom life had passed by, who were simply marking time until the end. A recent study by... Read More

In last month’s issue, we announced that CohoUS had joined forces with SAGE Senior Cohousing Advocates to form a CohoUS Senior Cohousing Advocates Committee. The committee will continue and expand on SAGE’s work to bring more information and resources to seniors living in cohousing and those contemplating it. We’ve created this new senior section in... Read More

When people learn I’m moving into cohousing, they often ask, “How can you leave your home? It’s so lovely and has so much character. And, you’ve made so many memories here.”  Yes, it’s true. I love my nearly 90 year old house in Florence Park, a mid-town neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I’ve lived in it... Read More

AGING GRACEFULLY IN MULTI-GENERATIONAL COHOUSING Have you noticed that folks in your cohousing community are getting older? You moved in five, or ten, or fifteen years ago and people who were in their fifties and sixties are now starting to look old and perhaps suffer from the effects of aging. Your community may have begun... Read More

Isolation is one of the key issues that we face as we age. Women more than men will be in this predicament as women tend to outlive their male partners. Are you rattling around in that big house on your own? Are you interested in ageing with people of similar interests? Lew Bowers from PDX... Read More

This is a compilation of posts on the coho-l email discussion list serve in late January 2017, in response to this inquiry: Does your community have formal or informal co-care agreements about how neighbors will support one another in their aging journey? Have you had discussions and if so, what questions guided the conversation to... Read More

The Inner Game of Aging podcast features our own Cindy Turnquist this week! “What is co-housing? Wikipedia defines this as an “intentional community clustered around shared space”. But that barely scratches the surface of the possibilities inherent in the concept. Today’s guest, Cindy Turnquist, and Lee discuss this intriguing community concept and how it addresses... Read More

When aging alone and assessing places to live, the first thought an individual has, “How can I create an environment where I’m safe, independent, and not isolated?” That’s usually followed by, “And can I afford it:” It’s a collective thought that’s heard in the elder orphans Facebook group designed for people like me, over sixty... Read More

Instead of assisted living, or managing a large home without help, cohousing creates a small neighborhood of independent individuals who all do what they are able in order to maintain a mutually beneficial and enjoyable community….Successful and dignified aging for most seniors means maintaining control over their own lives and not feeling burdensome to their... Read More