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We're in charge: cohousing communities of older people in the Netherlands; lessons for Britain?
- Author:
- BRENTON Maria
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 87p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Research study looking at fifteen groups of people aged fifty-five to eighty plus who, anticipating the possibility of a life alone, or increased frailty, have taken steps to start or join a CoHousing community. CoHousing is an arrangement whereby groups of older people live in their own residential project and form a community in the process, promoting independent and collaborative living in separate, self contained units.
Senior cohousing communities: an alternative approach for the UK?
- Author:
- BRENTON Maria
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This paper examines the notion of ‘cohousing’, draws on examples of cohousing from outside the UK and assesses the potential for cohousing in the UK. It was commissioned as part of the JRF programme on A Better Life, which aims to increase understanding of what can help older people with high support needs now and in the future. Cohousing is a form of group living which clusters individual homes around a ‘common house’ or shared space and amenities. Run and controlled entirely by members of the group working together, it is based on mutual support, self-governance and active participation. Two cohousing models exist, the inter-generational or family-based model and senior cohousing, for age-peer groups usually over the age of fifty. Cohousing is a way of living both ‘apart and together’ with a collaborative group of neighbours who know each other and sign up to certain values. They work to develop the social capital that creates and maintains a sense of community. This report draws on two events in Spring 2012. The first, in York, brought together people aged over 50, mainly from existing or recently formed groups interested in cohousing. The second, in Dunfermline, included representatives of local authorities and housing associations with people aged over 50.
Joined-up thinking: a co-housing community pilot project
- Author:
- BRENTON Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(3), September 2000, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Government's welfare and housing agenda focuses on 'joined-up' thinking, choice, balanced communities and social inclusion. Because there is also much concern about the impact of an ageing population, local planners and service providers are encouraged to think creatively and work together. Presents a example from research in the Netherlands that shows how local authorities and the non-profit sector can work together in an integrated approach to older people.