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Charles Durrett - Senior Cohousing Handbook - 2nd Edition, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Senior Cohousing Handbook - 2nd Edition

A Community Approach to Independent Living

Av Charles Durrett

Del i serien New Society Publishers

435 kr

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This handbook is for seniors who embrace the challenges and opportunities of growing old by creating a community of neighbours and friends in shared co-housing. This book describes a supportive, independent future outside of retirement villages and institutions.
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Charles Durrett is the principal at McCamant & Durrett, a firm that specializes in affordable and community-based multi-family housing and cohousing. He has consulted on or designed over fifty cohousing communities internationally and lives in Nevada City, California. He co-authored the groundbreaking Cohousing with his wife and business partner Kathryn McCamant.

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"Dive right into this book and be enriched by the insights and the wisdom you will find there. I'm not kidding.Go.Now.Your future is waiting for you."— Bill Thomas,MD, from the Prologue"Charles Durrett has written a book inviting an exciting eldership....Wouldn't it be great if every step of life had such thoughtful design."— Patch Adams,MD, from the Foreword"The key to living a long, healthy life is community—having a group of people who know and care about you with whom you socialize at least onc" a week.This book shows you how seniors all over the world are combating isolation and loneliness by building healthy communities. Viva the community! Long life! Honey in the heart."— Eric Utne is the founder of Utne Reader."Quality of life is more and more important in the last part of our life, and there is no need to live out our later years alone or lonely. Aging in place—in community—is an opportunity waiting for development; and cohousing—the most creative housing option for seniors —is one that we can make happen for us NOW, if we, as Chuck Durrett says, "Go forth and be one with [our] own future."— Bolton and Lisa Anthony, Senior activists, and founders of Second Journey"As a long time developer of housing and a resident of Silver Sage Cohousing, I can't imagine any way to live that makes more of our opportunities or quality of life and living lighter on the planet. Chuck's book captures all that and enables our potential as proactive seniors."— Jim Leach,Housing Developer and Senior Cohousing resident

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