Homeshare: A Timely Option

Throughout the United States people are getting older and older and staying healthier.  Folks frequently find themselves with too much life at the end of their financial resources. 

The  TV sitcom’s Golden Girls had a good idea when they got together to share a home and pooled resources to maintain a lifestyle that all enjoyed. 

How many homes in our community have one person living alone and “rattling around” causing their families angst?   What if there were another person who shared similar values and history, who needed a place, and between them (as housemates) they could afford to enjoy a new friendship and with now affordable purchased services to help conserve life energy and vitality? 

 HomeShare is a way to maintain housing stock, maximize independence and a dignified life style, and allow for a normative aging process integrated in the larger community.

HomeShare isn’t for all elders.  Continuing care retirement communities and large assisted living communities aren’t for everyone.  Small assisted living residences don’t meet all needs, either.  Yet all are excellent options and our northern Colorado cities boast some of the best. 

HomeShare can work with a variety of scenarios:   two older individuals, one old-old and one young-old, newly retired, one older with some health impairments and one youngish careprovider who needs a place to live .  Matching needs, personalities, and preferences so the arrangement works is the job for a professional skilled in several areas.  A professional care manager is uniquely suited to this task.

And what an exciting development this could be for our community!