http://www.fas.se/upload/dokument/publiaktioner/pdf/Pop%20Aging.pdf
It is generally assumed that elderly people want to live alone, at least as long as they are physically able.
This is not always the case.
Not only has the rapid growth of communes of elderly people in the USA, Sweden, Netherlands and other european countries attracted international attention, it has also become a social policy issue.
The government and institutional care providers tend to see them as informal homes for the aged, whereas the elderly who are involved in this see the communes as positive alternatives to traditional ideas on aging.
In a theoretical interpretation it is shown that both the communes and the different reactions to them represent in a nutshell important developments concerning aging and the position of the aged in Western society, as well as major trends in the modernization process.
I think about the advantages of older people living in small, close communities.
I dream about the aging people commune, growing old together commune designed to restore individuals to a home in the community by combining small homes, flats with the full range of personal care and clinical services expected in high-quality nursing homes.
The older people would band together cooperatively to share resources, provide community, engage in fellowship, help each other to coordinate services and hire local help for daily needs.
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