Elderly people can continue to live independently longer in this way, and loneliness is being made short. They also feel useful for longer, because they can help each other with things like transport, the garden, cooking food or hanging a painting for example. “This could be the best way to curb the rising costs of care,” the people of the Knarrenhof write.

Construction of the third #Knarrenhof has begunThis month the construction of the third Knarrenhof started, in Hardenberg. It is a courtyard with 15 lifelong owner-occupied houses, as it is so beautifully called. Self-reliance, independence and, above all, noabership are central to this. In other words: you live independently, but if necessary, you are there for each other. A successful concept, because the waiting lists are large and the houses in Hardenberg were sold within a day.

Knarrenhof: Independent, but not lonely