1. Senior Cohousing:
Affordable housing for Aging in Place
canadianseniorcohousing.com

2. Currently, 60% of Canadians have debt when
they retire.
Canadians have greater personal debt than
Americans.

3. By 2025, 30% of the population will be
retired.
Many seniors also will
still work.
And many will need
“affordable”
(below market) housing.

4. Most seniors want to age in place –
and they want that place to be
Home,
not an institution

5. Many will need a little
help -- but not much -- as
they age in place.
Seniors can provide some
of that help for each
other through “co-
care”or mutual
assistance, friendship
amongst neighbours.

6. Canadian Senior
Cohousing is developing
a made-in-Canada
model for affordable,
sustainable
senior cohousing

7. Senior Cohousing offers a structure for triple-
bottom-line affordability, with a proven
European track record.

8. #1.
Senior Cohousing is
Financially Affordable
•density bonusing & deed restriction create below-
market purchase and rental options
•Downsizing reduces purchase & operating costs
•So do economies of scale
•Energy saving features reduce utility costs
•Co-caring & universal design reduce health care costs

9. Senior cohousing saves the system money
Keeping an elderly
patient in the community
and out of a long-term
home saves the system
$50,000 a year.
The Globe & Mail, 12 July 2011

10. #2
Senior Cohousing is
Socially Affordable
• Co-caring, neighbours helping
each other, encourages aging in
place
• Social interaction increases
longevity
• Dementia is rare & residents
create new neural pathways
daily
Senior cohousing potluck

11. #3
Senior Cohousing is
Environmentally Affordable
•‘green’ features reduce energy consumption
•Sharing common spaces & amenities is energy
efficient
•Smaller dwelling houses
free up land for green
space and food gardens

12. We want to flourish in Senior Cohousing that
offers:
accessibly designed, privately owned
dwellings, shared common facilities with
caregiver suite, enabling us to age at home in
community
Do you share this vision?
Find out more about our non-profit and about
housing projects in your area at
www.canadianseniorcohousing.com