Carrera Letizia
Department of Research and Humanities Innovation (DIRIUM), University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Front Sociol. 2024 Dec 30;9:1447614. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1447614. eCollection 2024.
The older citizens represent a portion of the population that is not only already high but is also expected to increase according to trend analyses from major national and international research reports. The pandemic experience has shown how they feel the scarcity of relationships and the loneliness of their homes as factors that significantly impact the quality of their daily lives. This challenging historical moment has provided an opportunity to implement a series of projects specifically dedicated to those over 65, aiming to ensure a full range of possibilities for them, starting from highly "enabling" processes. In this perspective, the theme of social senior housing and its various manifestations represents a key strategy to counteract relational poverty, toward intervening in the level of social sustainability through multi-actor network pathways that bring together institutions, private entities, third sector, and research centers. The article aims to analyze the potential that the senior cohousing model can offer, as well as the difficulties this type of shared living arrangement faces-moreover when designed specifically for older individuals and supported by public administrations-, and which still makes it an almost experimental experience in Italy.
老年公民在人口中所占比例不仅已经很高，而且根据主要国家和国际研究报告的趋势分析，预计还会增加。疫情经历表明，他们感受到人际关系的匮乏以及居家的孤独，这些因素对他们的日常生活质量产生了重大影响。这个具有挑战性的历史时刻提供了一个机会，来实施一系列专门针对65岁以上人群的项目，旨在从高度“赋能”的过程开始，为他们确保全方位的可能性。从这个角度来看，社会老年住房及其各种表现形式的主题代表了一项关键战略，以应对关系贫困，通过汇集机构、私人实体、第三部门和研究中心的多行为体网络途径，来干预社会可持续性水平。本文旨在分析老年合住模式所能提供的潜力，以及这种共享生活安排所面临的困难——尤其是当专门为老年人设计并得到公共管理部门支持时——而这在意大利仍然几乎是一种试验性的体验。
