A made-in-P.E.I. group has formed with the intention of developing a model senior co-housing complex that could be replicated across the province.
Islanders who want to learn more about the benefits of this model are invited to attend a conference on May 17, 1-5 p.m., at the Murchison Centre, 17 St Pius X Ave., Charlottetown. This conference is co-sponsored by Canadian Mental Health Association and the P.E.I. Senior Co-housing Working Group.
Guest speakers will include Margaret Critchlow, founding member of Harbourside Senior Co-housing site in British Columbia, and Lori Weeks, a gerontologist currently working in the school of nursing at Dalhousie University and a member of the Atlantic Senior Housing Research Alliance.
For more information on this conference, contact either Al James at allanbjames@gmail.com or Sheila Bacon at Sheila.bacon22@gmail.com. Online registration will be available soon.
Co-housing offers advantages over apartment/condo options, say the organizers of the P.E.I. Senior Co-housing Working Group.
Through co-housing, seniors can stay in their own homes longer. The Canadian Co-housing network identifies that residents can flourish through mutual support for the rest of their lives if they are lucky or for at least 10 years longer than if they stayed in a conventional home.
They can also be part of a real neighbourhood and have a natural connection with their neighbours.
Co-housing also promises the opportunity to live a more fulfilling life for longer than is generally possible with present institutional options, say the members of the working group.
A made-in-P.E.I. group has formed with the intention of developing a model senior co-housing complex that could be replicated across the province.
Islanders who want to learn more about the benefits of this model are invited to attend a conference on May 17, 1-5 p.m., at the Murchison Centre, 17 St Pius X Ave., Charlottetown. This conference is co-sponsored by Canadian Mental Health Association and the P.E.I. Senior Co-housing Working Group.
Guest speakers will include Margaret Critchlow, founding member of Harbourside Senior Co-housing site in British Columbia, and Lori Weeks, a gerontologist currently working in the school of nursing at Dalhousie University and a member of the Atlantic Senior Housing Research Alliance.
For more information on this conference, contact either Al James at allanbjames@gmail.com or Sheila Bacon at Sheila.bacon22@gmail.com. Online registration will be available soon.
Co-housing offers advantages over apartment/condo options, say the organizers of the P.E.I. Senior Co-housing Working Group.
Through co-housing, seniors can stay in their own homes longer. The Canadian Co-housing network identifies that residents can flourish through mutual support for the rest of their lives if they are lucky or for at least 10 years longer than if they stayed in a conventional home.
They can also be part of a real neighbourhood and have a natural connection with their neighbours.
Co-housing also promises the opportunity to live a more fulfilling life for longer than is generally possible with present institutional options, say the members of the working group.
