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Nine Sessions and a Field Trip

Nine-Session Study Group

This Study Group is for those who are forming plans to age in community and make the most of their elder years. We focus on the importance of community as a major factor in aging successfully. We’ll cover the following topics: 

  • Overcoming denial

  • Care and co-care

  • Personal connection and health

  • Economics of getting older

  • Features and benefits of cohousing

  • Communication skills that help our communities thrive

We’ll consider the ways that cohousing can accommodate the changes that we anticipate in our lives as we age. We’ll also compare the risks associated with cohousing and with other types of accommodation used by elderly people.

This Study Group will use the coursework for senior cohousing developed by Charles Durrett, a pioneer of cohousing in the USA.

Where and when?

Noe Valley Branch Library,
451 Jersey Street, San Francisco

Thursdays 5:30-7:00PM
from September 11 to November 13

We’ll meet weekly except for Thursday, October 16, when we’ll take a one-week break.

We will visit a cohousing community during November.

Use this link to register for the Nine-Session group.

Sign me up for the Nine-Session Study Group

How much will the Nine-Session Study Group cost?

There are no fees or charges for our Study Groups. To participate fully, participants will need to equip themselves with the books that we will study:

The two books used for the nine-session Group cost a total of about $70-$95.

  • The Senior Cohousing Handbook
    by Charles Durrett

  • Senior Cohousing Study Group 1 Aging Successfully: Workshop Participant Guide
    by Charles Durrett with Jean Nilsson

    We may incur additional expenses on field trips.