Tag: Senior

Deep Aging: I’m Not In Denial … I’m Just Not Growing Old!

Submitted by Nancy Francis, Sage Cohousing International on December 21, 2015

Editor’s Note: Cohousers interested in tackling the issues around Deep Aging (TM), aging in place in community and all the attendant co-care issues are beginning a national conversation to address these challenges. For more information contact: Ann Zabaldo Old age, another final frontier: and just like deep space, it is dark and unknown. In the... Read More

Addressing Issues of Deep Aging in Community

Submitted by Ann Zabaldo, Member, Board of Directors, Mid Atlantic Cohousing on December 9, 2015

[Editor’s note: this is a repost from Ann Zabaldo’s blog on MidAtlantic Cohousing website] Coho/US Executive Director Alice Alexander met with 23 members of Mid Atlantic Cohousing in a “white gloves off” session to discuss the challenges facing cohousing communities as members are aging. What became clear at the meeting is that little has been... Read More

“Aging Gracefully” at Rocky Hill Cohousing

Submitted by David Entin, Rocky Hill Cohousing on December 8, 2015

[Editor’s Note: David Entin plans to attend the Aging Better Together Conference and be part of conversations with current cohousers in intergenerational living sharing their experiences.] Our intergenerational (many families with children) cohousing community of ten years, Rocky Hill Cohousing, Northampton, MA, has had an “Aging Gracefully” group of a dozen strong meeting monthly for...

Harvard and AARP say Senior Housing is Next Big Crisis

Submitted by Peter Lazar on September 11, 2014

Harvard and AARP say senior housing is the next big American crisis, according to a new report. From Senior Housing News, “A shortage of caregivers for baby boomers, high cost of senior living products and services and lack of disability-equipped housing reveal a seniors housing crisis as the 50-and-over population is projected to increase about... Read More