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Neighborly assistance
— high expectations of multi-generation cohousing projects | | Author(s) | Yvonne Wechuli |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 21, no 3, 2017 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 133-139 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/wwop |
| Keywords | Independent housing ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Social contacts ; Neighbour care ; Quality of life ; Projects ; Germany. |
| Annotation | Multi-generation cohousing projects are loaded with the expectations of inhabitants and planners, as well as political representatives. They are expected to foster a form of neighbourly assistance, which is supposed to ultimately unburden social security. But evidence is scarce when it comes to central aspects like long-term development, the influence of context factors, the quality of community living, and the neighbourly assistance actually provided. This explorative study sought to specify the support activities carried out by neighbours in a cohousing project in Germany. A survey was conducted at three intervals December 2013-Mebruary 2014; questionnaires were structured according to the Activities chapter of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (WHO, 2002). Respondents reported receiving or providing assistance in all suggested areas of life, but some activities were more common than others. Respondents with long-term support requirements were not assisted by neighbours but by other caregivers. The results indicate that neighbourliness depends on the individual activity radius since the scope of assistance varied along with socio-demographic characteristics. Respondents deemed reciprocity to be important in guaranteeing the voluntary nature of neighbourly support, and also to allow care recipients to specify how support should be given. The author therefore suggests considering multi-generation cohousing projects as a means to fostering Quality of Life rather than to cut costs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170922233 A |
| Classmark | KL: RH: TOA: P6:SY: F:59: 3E: 767 |
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