I came across this article and thought of you. I cut and pasted this post from a friend, Alisa Steed, on Facebook. I found it super interesting. I love the concept of Senior cohousing.
My building neighbors in Miami Beach have often suggested that we grow old together. The plan was that we would all keep our condos and share hired help, caretakers, cooks, cleaners, etc. We were joking at the time, but a writer Karen Salmansohn, who is 58 years young, is taking it very seriously.
Karen Salmansohn is the founder of NotSalmon and Masters In Life – as well as a best selling author and award winning designer – with over 1 million books sold – and over 1 million fans on Facebook. She is committed to inspiring people to live a life they love – no matter how much “you gotta be freaking kidding me!” life throws at you! Below is the story of Karen’s personal journey – a zig-zagger of a path- with many obstacles to swerve around and peaks and valleys to travel up and through – which brought her to why she loves writing and designing inspirational books and products.
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I did read about this recently. Not a bad idea if you can do it!
This is a winner of a plan! Having company, and sharing resources as you age is the perfect set up!
Thanks Lois. Seriously, I’ve been talking about it for 40 years. Me and most of my friends elected not to have children, so it’s a real concern. I always thought the best set up would be little individual houses with a big one in the middle with lounge, big kitchen, movie room and maybe a nurse when things get sketchy. Problem is that my friends live in the far reaches of America. We’ll have to figure out the “where”. xo
Ironically, when the world was a simpler place (pre 1960) many people lived in close proximity (walking distance) to other family members and friends, which was a less formal but similar comforting and shared experience. Now, in the age of mobility, family and friends are often separated by thousands of miles.
Co-housing is more common with multigenerational families when the grandparents take care of children while the parents work.
Why not having similar aged folks living together. If planned out right, I think that this is a great concept and I am all for it.