NEW YORK: The twelfth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2017 has been received.
The idea to start a shared home just for seniors came about as Doug Tindal and his wife Mardi passed majestic old homes in Stratford, Ontario with another couple.
“We’d be wandering around town and we’d say, ‘Oh look, there’s a nice old house. We could buy that and retire together,'” the 63-year-old said.
“It was a joke,” he laughed. “And then we kept talking about it, it kept coming back.”
Unsatisfied with existing seniors housing options, the Tindals grew more serious about the idea. So when the couple and their friends went away for a weekend, they put their plans down on paper.
Like many among Canada’s aging population, the Tindals are currently healthy but know that will change in the coming decades. They want to create a supportive community now, before their situation takes a downturn.