From strangers to housemates: Why some Canadian seniors are turning to the ‘Golden Girls’ model
By 2036, nearly a quarter of Canadians are expected to be 65 or older. Many do not have children to support them in their senior years, and with tens of thousands of people on waiting lists for long-term care homes, there are urgent questions around how the country will accommodate this growing cohort.
Proponents of the Golden Girls model — named after the eponymous sitcom, which follows the lives of four older women living together in Miami — point to its potential for cost savings, shared care and support networks, and resource conservation by reducing the number of people living alone in large, single-family homes.
