There are many other accommodation solutions than EHPAD or retirement homes for the elderly or dependent people.
On the one hand, a student or a young person entering the working life, seeks cheap accommodation and not far from his studies or work, and on the other, a senior with an apartment or a house with of the available rooms seeks to rent one of its rooms. In general, the rent is low or non-existent by rendering small daily services to seniors.
This choice of intergenerational shared accommodation offers the senior the possibility of staying at home in peace, to break his isolation and also to help the young in his new life.
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Each elderly person has their own bedroom, but all the other spaces (kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, living rooms, etc.) are shared.
En grouped housing, everyone has their own accommodation with most of the functions, only part of the spaces are then shared, for example the dining area.
The beguinage, everyone has their own home, but life is done in community and the common spaces are managed by specialized structures. These new ways of living are not just for the elderly.
These new living spaces are generally located in peri-urban areas, the retirement villages are made up of around twenty individual accommodations with common areas including meeting rooms, kitchen, laundry, vegetable garden, swimming pool, etc.
A few additional apartments are planned to receive relatives for a few days or to accommodate a nurse.
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Home care is a solution that allows you to accommodate your loved one in a warm and very emotionally secure environment.
There are around 10,000 host families in France who take care of 20,000 people, only 12,000 of whom are senior citizens. These super caregivers are approved by the department, accommodate and support your loved ones, and include them in the daily life of their host family.
These are structures on a human scale (no more than three residents per host family), very supervised, and therefore very safe. Foster care also offers the advantage of flexibility: it can be temporary or permanent, full-time or part-time. This allows your loved one to maintain a real social bond.
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