{"id":8544,"date":"2017-11-08T08:24:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2017-11-08T08:24:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T13:24:55","slug":"for-active-seniors-cohousing-offers-a-cozier-alternative-to-downsizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8544","title":{"rendered":"For Active Seniors, Cohousing Offers A Cozier Alternative To Downsizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sharon Jayson for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 26px; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The 5-mile hikes, yoga classes and communal dinners are now routines for the residents at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pdxcommons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDX Commons Cohousing<\/a>\u00a0in Portland, Ore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 26px; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">These 39 individuals (about half partnered but largely strangers at first) started forging relationships well before they moved in late this summer to join a trend called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cohousing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cohousing<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/for-active-seniors-cohousing-offers-a-cozier-alternative-to-downsizing\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=58218421&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--I0WwFVogrCxwCy30S_EuCfmkxJxEp6MZwXDC1BqT9ohsYdMM-k4FUj9OBVjOQY_9PO1D7X0RdjcEe_oxh5aV9fSsTjg&amp;_hsmi=58218421\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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