Moosehaven: Congregate Living in a Community of the Retired

Abstract

Moosehave, a fraternal home for elderly people, has 350 residents, predominately male, of an average age of over seventy-six years. Economically dependent, most have come because of inability to maintain themselves in their home communities. In the thirty years of the community's existence a fairly stable pattern of living has evolved. Domiciliary units are relatively small and scattered over a 68-acre campus. Complete care of residents, including medical needs, is undertaken. Married couples live together, and a substantial number of marriages have taken place between residents.