With a focus on the US co-housing trends for senior citizens to combate loneliness and curb house-related expenses, the article originally appeared on the New York Times illustrates a few examples of successful house sharing experiences for an increasing number of elderly people.
Originally published on Atlas Obscura, the artlcle reports on the history and egalitarian community life of Awra Amba, an over-400 people strong intentional community founded almost 50 years ago in the Ethopian Highlands according to egalitarian, feminist and puritan ideas.
Artikel von Maria Baumert und Mary-Anne Kockel über die Auswirkungen von sozialen Kontakten auf unsere Lebensdauer.
The article by Amy Blakely introduces the research on senior co-housing trends conducted by Sherry Cummings, associate dean and professor of social work at the University of Tennessee and Nancy Kropf, dean of Georgia State University’s Perimeter College in the summer 2019.
Originally published on The Conversation and written by Nancy P.
The article by Diane Ako reports on the cohousing initiatives started by Heidi Maxie in Kailua, Hawaii, when she decided to put her house to the service of the community and senior citizens, more specifically.
Der Zukunftsforscher Daniel Dettling berichtet über das sogenannte Micro-Living und damit verbundene vermeintlche Vorteile für Senioren.
In this article by Joe Pinsker and originally published on The Atlantic, the author inquiries the possible future scenarios after the "failure" of the model of the nuclear family, on which great part of the Nort American culture was based.
The article, written by David Brooks and originally appeared on The Atlantic, engages with contemporary sociological phenomena and themes such as the decentralization of family like and the necessity to recognise that alternative arrangements of cohabitation may offer more enrichng perspective co
Written by Lornet Turnbull, the article tackles resilient ways of community making and caring at the time of the coronavirus, especially for disadvantaged and disempowered groups.