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Evaluation of community planning and life of senior cohousing projects in northern European countries1

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  • Jung Shin Choi

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Cohousing schemes were evolved as alternative housing to reduce housework for working women, and to reduce loneliness of elderly people by promoting active mutual relationship with community residents in northern European countries. This article discusses how residents manage their life in senior cohousing projects in Sweden and Denmark. The purpose of this study is to investigate residents' life satisfaction connected with demographic characteristics of residents, physical environment and common activities in the senior cohousing communities, so that it could offer usable information for the establishment of new senior cohousing projects in other countries, as well as an empirical evaluation of the existing projects in Scandinavian countries themselves. Important variables influential to residents' life satisfaction are also discussed in order to improve senior citizens' quality of life. The methods used for the study are literature review, interviews, field trips and questionnaire. Nine hundred and thirty‐five postal questionnares were sent to 28 senior cohousing communities throughout Denmark and Sweden. Of those 536 replies were collected and analysed by SPSS program using frequency, mean and Chi‐square test. As a result, it was found out that most of the respondents are healthy, 70‐year‐olds, and satisfied with their current living in the community. The majority of them also would like to strongly recommend others to move to senior cohousing schemes to improve quality of life in their later years. Residents' intensive concern about building location and design is a noteworthy reminder for designers and architects as well as for professionals and decision‐makers who work in the elderly welfare sector.

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  • Jung Shin Choi, 2004. "Evaluation of community planning and life of senior cohousing projects in northern European countries1," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(8), pages 1189-1216, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:12:y:2004:i:8:p:1189-1216
    DOI: 10.1080/0965431042000289296
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    1. Lager Debbie & van Hoven Bettina & Meijering Louise, 2012. "Places that Matter: Place Attachment and Wellbeing of Older Antillean Migrants in the Netherlands," European Spatial Research and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 19(1), pages 81-94, July.
    2. Anna-Maria Lahti & Tuija M. Mikkola & Minna Salonen & Niko Wasenius & Anneli Sarvimäki & Johan G. Eriksson & Mikaela B. von Bonsdorff, 2021. "Mental, Physical and Social Functioning in Independently Living Senior House Residents and Community-Dwelling Older Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-11, November.
    3. Jim Hudson & Kath Scanlon & Chihiro Udagawa & Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia & Mara Ferreri & Karen West, 2021. "‘A Slow Build-Up of a History of Kindness’: Exploring the Potential of Community-Led Housing in Alleviating Loneliness," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-16, October.
    4. Borgloh, Sarah & Westerheide, Peter, 2010. "Social return on investment of mutual support based housing projects: Potential for socio-economic cost savings and higher living quality," ZEW Discussion Papers 10-029, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    5. Pilar Monton & Luisa-Eugenia Reyes & Carlos-María Alcover, 2022. "Personal Characteristics for Successful Senior Cohousing: A Proposed Theoretical Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-13, February.
    6. Lidewij Tummers, 2016. "The re-emergence of self-managed co-housing in Europe: A critical review of co-housing research," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 53(10), pages 2023-2040, August.

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