A community for the Ansianos
Introduction
Due to the current lifestyle and the mentality of the new generations, there are increasing cases in which the elderly live alone. Sometimes, these are lawyers to ‘lock’ in a residence. But, thanks to senior cohousing, living away from others begins to be a thing of the past. This new system allows you to be surrounded by friends at all times. A priori, it may seem like a crazy idea, but if the senior cohousing is analyzed in depth, it is a wonderful approach that allows you to spend the last years of life surrounded by friends.
Developing
Basically, this new trend consists in living in a community where friends and acquaintances also live with the same interests, without losing independence and privacy. Cohousing is like a cooperative where everyone contributes their ideas and has a voice and vote when choosing. The elderly reside in a community where they have their own home as well as all kinds of comfort and health services and leisure. These can range from workshops to perform crafts, gardens or libraries, among others.
It should be noted that people pay a fee every month and this guarantees access to the services that the community has. Since the individuals who reside in these groups are not the headlines of the houses, but are in a regime of Cooperativa of assignment of use, the day they die the money they invested in order to ‘buy’ the house, it is liquidated to its spouse and/or his heirs. In the event that the person decides to leave the cooperative, it would be given to this. Senior cohousing is a life model that has various benefits for people who decide to join it.
Active aging, being in all phases of the construction project of these communities, makes the elderly active and have more desire to do things. Also, living in a building that is for everyone, allows them to do more activities. Leave individualism, to actively participate in the common good, allows people to see life as an organization where individualism will leave them alone and isolated. And it is already known: ‘To be happy you have to share’. You are not alone, despite sleeping or cooking, in the house, they live in a property where friends also reside.
Therefore, they always have someone to relate to. Unfortunately, sometimes, the elderly reside with children or a relative and they stay with their pension. In this way, the person is independent, manages her money and does not feel used by anyone. It should be noted that, there are also cases in which the elderly are abandoned in asylum although their relatives take over their capital. You are sure 24 hours a day, the housing of the senior cohousing has an operational security service 24 hours in case they need anything.
Rejuveces, the fact of being active people, causes them to carry out those activities that they always liked, but that, due to lack of time, left behind throughout life. You feel important, since one’s opinion is important for others, people feel comforted. Cleaning service, this type of cooperative also has a basic cleaning service, as if it were a hotel. Disadvantages of senior cohousing, in life there is nothing 100% perfect, and the cooperative was not going to be the exception.
It cannot be said alone, since in cohousing everything must be done by consensus, there will be times when their own wishes cannot be carried out if the majority does not agree with one. The price, both the entry and community fee can be high for some people. It is estimated that in Spain the monthly cost ranges from € 880. In Sweden it is € 810. Senior cohousing is gaining more and more adherents in relation to nursing home. One of the keys to this is that the people who live in these communities have freedom of movement. On the other hand, when an old man is in asylum, such autonomy does not exist.
conclusion
This is always at the expense that his relatives want to get him out of there. On the other hand, the fact of living with known people makes cohousing more attractive, since there are bonds of union between individuals for experiences lived. This situation does not occur in an asylum because it coexists with strangers. Likewise, in cohousing you can be alone when you want to have your own home. On the contrary, in an asylum this does not happen. In fact, sometimes, even room is shared.
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