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When there are two: the great benefits of couples moving into sheltered housing together - Walla! Sheltered Housing Association

2020-09-30T08:08:45.967Z


More and more couples are deciding not to wait and are moving to live together in sheltered housing. Thus, they establish the home for themselves, take care of themselves and the children and can continue to live a full and appropriate life for the needs of each of them.


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When there are two: the great benefits of couples moving together to sheltered housing

More and more couples are deciding not to wait and are moving to live together in sheltered housing.

Thus, they establish the home for themselves, take care of themselves and the children and can continue to live a full and appropriate life for the needs of each of them.

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Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 10:47

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It is likely that when you hear the term "sheltered housing", the image that comes to mind is of a man or woman, a third-year-old, living next to their peers, but probably also alone.

This is the thought most of us have become accustomed to: when only when one spouse is left alone, he or she makes the decision to move to a place where he or she can enjoy alongside other adults the variety of activities that sheltered housing offers.

But that really does not have to be the case.



More and more older couples have in recent years made the decision to move together to sheltered housing.

They better understand the great benefits of such a decision and benefit from all the worlds - their life together goes on as usual and at the same time, they gain new experiences that can only be found in sheltered housing.



One of the great benefits of moving a couple together to sheltered housing is of course fixing the place as their new home.

Thus, as they get older, the apartment already feels like a home to them for everything and they do not have to make that significant move at an even older age, as changes become more and more complex.



Another notable advantage is the ability to find the right treatment and place for each partner.

"In the end, I got the power and decided to take an interest in sheltered housing," says Carmela Spiegler.

"I thank God this turnaround happened to me pretty quickly. I know there are people who have a hard time making that decision. My husband and I also always said we would not leave the house, but you can learn to change your mind over time and today I tell anyone who asks me that this is the best arrangement. "Good for both the couple and the singles."

Both together, and each on his own (Photo: PR)

Many adults do not often leave their apartment on a daily basis, not routinely and of course not during the corona.

This is doubly true if they live together in an apartment, since then there is a feeling of constant company, but this particular sense of comfort also often causes them to meet others in general, or to breathe fresh air and change the landscape between the four walls of the house.



Sonia Cohen, on the other hand, who moved to a sheltered housing home with her husband about a decade ago, felt comfortable from the first moment to go out and meet other tenants: “Because we moved here together and my husband and I both live here, so maybe a little less necessary "We still make connections with all types of tenants here, couples, singles, religious, secular. Naturally we make friends with other couples, but not only. The main thing is to create social connections."



Cohen says another benefit of moving as a couple was that each of them, she and her husband, found in the sheltered housing the occupations that suited them: "Each of us has different interests and interests, so we are here together, but can also split up and enjoy the variety of possibilities. Very wide. "

She, for example, testifies that she loves to cook so one of the first things she did after the move was to renovate and upgrade the kitchen.

To this day she prepares family meals for both of them, and in addition invites tenants to stay.

"We both feel a sense of belonging here to the whole place, and not just to our private apartment."



"Some people are left alone in their apartment and it's a shame," adds Carmela, who lives in sheltered housing and meets with her husband regularly, even during the Corona period.

Before the corona, she would come to the nursing ward where he would be hospitalized twice a day whereas now she does not enter the ward but can continue to sit with him in the yard every day.

The big advantage for her is the convenient approach: "One corridor, an elevator and we are next to each other. Without taking it out of place and without traveling all day by public transport for me."



Carmela states that she enjoys a comfortable and fascinating life in the sheltered housing, including lectures, classes, activities and more: "This feeling, that with a short phone call there is someone to help you with everything you need, is wonderful. I am not alone, there are programs here controlled Until evening. My husband is quiet and calm, but lives in his own world today in a nursing ward. I have peace thanks to the fact that I am here. I know he is cared for, clean and shaved, that there are people who take care of him and that I am always close to him. "They can go on with their lives like this. I really enjoy it here and what helped me a lot to adapt was the knowledge that both my husband and I are here together."

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