Resources
Books
Senior Cohousing Handbook by Charles Durrett (Perth Library has copy)
Creating Cohousing by Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant
Creating a Life Together by Diana Leafe Christian (Perth Library has copy)
The Cohousing Handbook by Chris Scott Hanson. An excellent “how to” reference. (This version is provided by Internet Archive and is a digital version, they provide many platforms that you can download, including PDF)
https://archive.org/details/fp_The_Cohousing_Handbook-Building_a_Place_for_Community/page/n3
Articles
Is there a Cohousing Community in your Future by Kathy Gottberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-gottberg/is-a-cohousing-community-_b_9535380.html
Better Aging with (Social) Chemistry by Erin Anderssen http://www.wolfwillowcohousing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Globe-and-Mail-June-2-2012.pdf
There’s Community and Consensus. But It’s No Commune. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/business/cohousing-communities.html?
Research
Potential Benefits of Cohousing for Older People – A Literature Review by Maria Brenton September 2010 http://www.elderwoman.org/potential_cohousing_benefits.pdf
Other Links
For a broad overview see article “Is cohousing the future”: https://www.towergateinsurance.co.uk/commercial-property-insurance/is-cohousing-the-future
Innovating Seniors Housing. Four linked publications on creating senior cohousing wherever you live. Two additional publications extract the How-To sections of the complete publication as practical guides to (1) create new build cohousing and (2) retrofit existing multifamily residential housing to add cohousing principles. The authors are founding directors of the Canadian Senior Cohousing Society based in Sooke, B.C. http://canadianseniorcohousing.com/?p=1653
How to Create a Cohousing Community
http://cohousing.ca/about-cohousing/how-to-create-a-cohousing-community/
Aging in Cohousing http://www.cohousing.org/aging Many links on this website !
Some Senior Cohousing Communities
Wolf Willow Cohousing, Saskatoon, SK http://www.wolfwillowcohousing.ca/
Harbourside Cohousing, Sooke, BC http://www.harbourside.ca/
Wolf Creek Lodge, Grass Valley, CA http://www.wolfcreeklodge.org/
Silver Sage Village, Boulder, CO http://silversagevillage.com/
ElderSpirit Community, Abingdon, VA http://www.elderspirit.net/
Elderberry Cohousing, Person County, NC http://www.elderberrycohousing.com/
Organizations
Canadian Cohousing Network http://cohousing.ca/
Canadian Senior Cohousing Society http://canadianseniorcohousing.com
Cohousing Association of the United States https://cohousing.org/
Fellowship for Intentional Communities http://www.ic.org/