A new industry supporting a new housing product is emerging in the
To meet active seniors’ needs for more sustainable living solutions the Elder Cohousing Network (http://www.ElderCohousing.org) is helping professionals and future senior residents learn about the Elder Cohousing lifestyle.
Zev Paiss and Neshama Abraham, a husband and wife consulting team based in Boulder, CO, founded the Elder Cohousing Network to introduce the cohousing development process and support the emerging industry. The couple, who are also eight-year cohousing residents, have worked together since 1996 to help multi-generational cohousing communities come into being across the nation.
Now Abraham and Paiss are co-facilitating a series of Elder Cohousing « Getting Started » Workshops for progressive builders and developers, architects, aging and long-term care experts, land owners and future elder residents.
« Elder Cohousing is an innovative neighborhood model that is quickly drawing the attention of the aging and senior housing industries because it offers a creative solution for active seniors wanting to « age in community, » said Paiss, principal of Abraham Paiss & Associates (http://www.AbrahamPaiss.com) whose Elder Cohousing Network division hosts the workshops.
« Aging baby boomers are dissatisfied with the existing senior housing options and are seeking a different kind of living situation that matches their environmental and social values. Elder Cohousing is based on the notion that people age 55 and older are ready for a new form of retirement in a neighborhood they helped to create and will manage after they move in, » said Paiss.
In cohousing, the future residents work with the professional development team and have an extensive input into the creation of the neighborhood. There are now over 80 completed cohousing projects in the U.S. in both urban and suburban settings.
The next Elder Cohousing « Getting Started » Workshop will take place in Boulder, CO on Thursday, June 23 through Sunday, June 26, 2005. More information is available at (http://www.ElderCohousing.org) or by calling (303) 413-8066.
Source: Elder Cohousing Network
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