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erature, from interviews with housing administra tors and residents in a variety of congregate- living projects, and from subjective observation of behaviors in a range of elderly housing envir onments. What is congregate housing? What does semi independent imply and how are these concepts lated? What is an institutional environment?
Congregate housing, broadly speaking, is a generic term that refers to a shared living environment in which a core set of services designed to enhance elderly residents’ independent functioning is provided (Golant, 1992).
The congregate housing experience has variously been linked to: a person's need and willingness to associate with persons of similar social identity (i.e., to live with other persons of similar ethnic, religious, racial, or class backgrounds); patterns of age identification (i.e., whether older people hold positive attitudes towards living with ...
- Stephen M Golant
Sep 24, 2020 · The housing models explored were villages, naturally occurring retirement communities, congregate housing and cohousing, sheltered housing, and continuing care retirement communities. This exploratory scoping review examined international peer-reviewed literature published from 2004 to 2019.
Jun 26, 2019 · Congregate housing usually refers to multiunit housing that offers some supportive services, filling a place in the housing continuum between housing without services and supportive housing with personal care services, like assisted living.
- Mary Ann Erickson
- merickson@ithaca.edu
This guide to Supportive Housing Options offers a description of the different models of housing available in the five boroughs of New York City designed to serve individuals with mental illness.
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Congregate apartments may be rental or ownership units. Also called enriched housing, clustered housing, or sheltered housing, congregate housing has been shown to result in substantial cost savings as compared with the expense of nursing home care.