title: [Potential of cooperative learning in project development : Relevance of cooperative participation procedure for the further development of generation-appropriate accomodation in structurally weak rural areas].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A joint initiative of existing senior care organizations, the municipality of Meyenburg and the state of Brandenburg was further developed by affiliation of an institute of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (ABV) in cooperation with members of the architecture and social work departments in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cooperative process between different players was central to create an appropriate structure of services for this region.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cooperative projects are necessary to establish new forms of generation-appropriate living and care concepts in rural areas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cooperative learning methods are needed to develop new forms of generation-appropriate living and care concepts in rural areas, which take the diversity of elderly people, the rural context, intergenerational residential arrangements and affordable accommodation that meets the requirements of the social security system into account. Furthermore, the project had to reflect the recent developments of the German care insurance. The article describes the participatory methods, the coordination process and the resulting concept.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Musikpädagogik, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Lipezker Str. 47, 03048, Cottbus, Deutschland. Gerd.Kaufmann@b-tu.de.
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.affiliation: An-Institut der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Planungsgruppe abv GmbH, Cottbus, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Frankenberg
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Bauen, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Ralf-Rüdiger
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.affiliation: Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Musikpädagogik, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Lipezker Str. 47, 03048, Cottbus, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jost
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D017146:Models, Organizational; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Architecture; Cooperative project development; Intergenerational housing; Social environment; Social work