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Human Resources committee Again, it really comes down to where this kind of co-care model is being housed. If it's being housed in a co-housing development, then all of those individuals who are there are part of a strata, so strata legislation dictates how they make their decisions around what's affected
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee Yes, absolutely. The co-care model, which is the main organizing principle of co-housing, can be picked up and put in any kind of multi-unit situation, because part of it is philosophical. It is also a way to organize care across a small community. For instance, co-op housing has
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee Thank you for bringing that up. I totally agree. There is a model of shared accommodation specifically for women that's very popular in the United States. It's called the Golden Girls Network. In this model of housing, smaller groups of women share collective space. It's a safe s
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee That's correct. I would definitely support that.
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee That's a good question. It would take much more time for me to get into it at this point. I would love to be able to do some research around it. However, I think fundamentally we do have some tools available to us now. In British Columbia, for instance, we have just reinstated
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee One of the things is that co-housing developments are closed environments, so it would be difficult for residents to wander off. There are always people around, so there are people watching and looking out for each other. They also make signage clearer. There are pathways that ar
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee I can speak more broadly to how a community can do that. There are a couple of things. One is when we think about road signage, when we think about walkways, when we think about how we indicate whether or not and how you cross the street, where people can find information quickly
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee Can you just repeat your question again? There is a technical difficulty.
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee Currently it's private, so the people who are working together choose who lives there. One of the challenges is that after you come together initially as a group, somebody then passes away. Then how do you make that decision around who gets to buy your unit? If it's publicly f
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee I think it really depends on the design of the co-housing model. If there is a group of people who want to build something with larger units to have room to bring in family members to do caregiving, that's totally an option. They do sometimes have caregiving suites on site where
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee That's a very good point. I think we would have to look closely at how human rights legislation would provide a regulatory framework for that.
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee Thank you. I think the federal government can support it through financing. That's one of the biggest ways they can support, and then by providing resources and funds to develop— Can you hear me?
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee —and also resources to help work with communities to develop these models more and invest in them.
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee The model of co-housing that I'm talking about is currently very beneficial for the seniors who are living in a co-housing complex. They talk about how they feel safer and how they feel more included. There's a common area where they go and gather on a daily basis. It's almost li
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert
Human Resources committee There are certainly financial challenges, but I think you're right. We do need to have a cultural shift. The Canadian seniors co-housing network does community workshops around how we shift our thinking into thinking more about living collectively or sharing our resources more an
November 2nd, 2017Committee meeting
Marika Albert