Encyclopedia of Critical Whiteness Studies in Education

New Age[ing]: Small-Scale, Collective, Grassroots Models of Housing for Older Adults

“…273 Family structure: the network of family that forms a person's support structure, with a preference for expanding the definition of family to "chosen family," which may include only some family members or the inclusion of friends Group Home: a small-scale care home, often with a maximum of 10 residents per municipal zoning, intended to "provide supervised living accommodation" intended for people with medical or physical needs which require access to 24-hour care 274 Healthspan: the number of years that someone lives or can expect to live in reasonably good health 275 Home Care: "an array of services that enables someone to live at home, often with the effect of preventing, delaying or substituting for long-term or acute care alternatives." 276 Hyper-individualism : the tendency for people to view themselves primarily as "disparate entities" rather than as part of a group or community 277 Informal Caregiver: a person, typically a friend or close relative, who looks after [an] elderly person independently from any organized system 278 Institutionalization: becoming increasingly institutional, ie more orderly or regulated, systematized 279 Loneliness: an unwelcome feeling of lack or loss of companionship, especially a lack of close, high-quality companionship 280 Long-Term Care Home: a facility or building intended for people with medical or physical needs which require access to 24-hour care. The facility or building provides both collective permanent housing and some form of collective formalized medical care.…”