{"id":1793,"date":"2025-06-18T07:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2025-06-18T07:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:07:18","slug":"toronto-globe-and-mail-co-housing-offers-seniors-the-autonomy-rarely-found-in-long-term-care-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/?p=1793","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Globe and Mail: Co-housing offers seniors the autonomy rarely found in long-term care homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2-1024x684.png?resize=500%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png?resize=1024%2C684 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png?resize=768%2C513 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png?resize=800%2C534 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/arboretumcohousing.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-2.png?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Fernandes recalls growing up in India surrounded by kin. \u201cWe lived with extended families \u2013 grandmother, grandfather, uncles, auntie, all in the home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the 57-year-old Torontonian is planning to replicate that collective life for his own retirement. Single and childless, in 2015 he bought a 17-acre property near Bancroft, Ont., with the dream of turning it into a home for 40 other LGBTQ seniors. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/article-seniors-retirement-co-housing-lgbtq\/\">more<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Fernandes recalls growing up in India surrounded by kin. \u201cWe lived with extended families \u2013 grandmother, grandfather, uncles, auntie, all in the home.\u201d Now, the 57-year-old Torontonian is planning to replicate that collective life for his own retirement. 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