Aging in Place: Creative Community Options for the Second Half of Life
Fred Lanphear
This is an interactive workshop that looks at how communities can intentionally embrace and celebrate the second half of life. It focuses on acknowledging and creatively preparing and caring for the inevitable aging process that happens to us all. It will include: 1) Celebrating the transitions of aging and providing significant roles of engagement, 2) Exploring ways and the extent to which communities can provide care for aging members, 3) Preparing for and participation in final transitions. Some specific topics include realities and fears of getting older, co-care and outside care, and staying healthy through community.
Fred Lanphear has lived in various forms of intentional community for over 35 years. He is a cofounder of Songaia Cohousing near Seattle where he currently lives and where he was initiated as an Elder in 2006. Fred was a cofounder of NW Intentional Communities Association (NICA) and serves on its Board of Directors. He also serves on the Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) Board of Directors.
Related pages: Accessibility, Senior Cohousing
Fred is my neighbor!
I'm so excited that Fred is presenting at the 2008 conference. He's got an incredible story to share that many will enjoy hearing about.
2nd Half of Life Options
We are very interested in 2nd Half of Life Options. We at Florida Central Cohousing are (as we speak) collecting our documents and hope to approach Investors for an "Elder Rich" Cohousing Community this week. We are hoping to build the place where we want to Age in Place. Please allow us to be in discussion on this topic.
Florida Central Cohousing
fccohousing2008 [at] gmail [dot] com
Welcome! I hope that you
Welcome! I hope that you will be able to see this and other presentations on this topic at the conference this weekend.
We are unable to attend Conference, unfortunately
We are unable to attend Conference unfortunately. We are actively pursuing a parcel to develop.
Hope to have Elder Coho or Elder Rich. Based on Organic Gardening & Environmental Issues.
Utilizing what we can (within our Budget) of Green Building.
Please keep us informed of Conference fun, wisdom, and learning & networking.
Wish we could be there.
Florida Central Cohousing
fccohousing 2008 [at] gmail [dot] com
A conference round up is in the works
We'll do our best to let you know how it went. The July issue of Cohousing Magazine will feature a summary of the conference, a fair number of photos, a short video or two of attendees' reactions plus links to the longer descriptions of the initiatives and other developments announced at the conference. Stay tuned!
elder rich cohousing
While at the National Coho Conference last week, I learned that in a multigenerational coho community, "the dollars go to the families", and the "focus is on the children". It seems that space, money, amenities... may be allocated disproportionately towards the families, even with a fair number of seniors in the community. This is the reason that, for some elders, elder only cohousing is a desirable option.
I am curious how space and funding would be budgetted in an elder-rich community. For example, in an urban cohousing community, with limited space and money, how would limited resources be allocated if say, there were 6 young children, 2 teens, and 20 elders? Obviously, each community makes these decisions for itself but has your community considered this issue of allocation of resources?
Eileen Nathanson
enathanson77 [at] comcast [dot] net
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