Introduction: The number of elderly in Slovenia and in the world is constantly increasing. There are many factors which can affect elderly's quality of life. Among them are living conditions, which often negatively affect the quality of life of the elderly and their relatives. Senior cohousing communities are a realitvely unknown type of residence in Slovenia, while they are wide spread in some other European countries. Consequently, not many researches have been made on the topic of the quality of life of the elderly in senior cohousing communities. On the other hand, hardly any researches have been made on the role of occupational therapists in senior cohousing communities. Purpose: To present the quality of life of the elderly in cohousing communities and to find the possibilities for occupational therapists to integrate into senior cohousing communities. Methods: A literature review has been performed, followed by a thematic analysis of the topic of the quality of life of the elderly in senior cohousing communities and what would be the role of occupational therapist. We searched for the literature in 4 online databases: Web of Science, CINAHL, Medline in ProQuest and by manually looking through the references. The search was conducted with different combinations of the following keywords: »senior cohousing«, »quality of life«, »occupational therapy« and »elderly«. In the thematic analysis we included literature, published between years 2012 and 2022, which was written in English or Slovene and was researching the quality of life of the elderly in cohousing communities and the role of occupational therapy there. Results: 10 articles were included in the thematic analysis. Themes that emerged from the analysis are »factors that could be found in senior cohousing communities and affect elderly's quality of life« and »elderly's maintaing of occupational competence in senior cohousing communities«. The two themes were divided into subthemes. Discussion and conclusion: In cohousing communities there are many factors that can affect seniors' quality of life. The most often present in the literature are social relationship, autonomy, mental health and environment. The exposed factors are closely connected and affect each other. Occupational therapists could get involved into cohousing communities when they are being designed. They could help with the knowledge of universal design. Also, occupational therapists could educate elderly on the ways of resolving conflicts and also inform them of cohousing community residence option. In addition, occupational therapists could be a part of additional health care, which is sometimes needed in senior cohousing communities. More research should be done of quality of life related to living in the senior cohousing communities, on the senior cohousing in Slovenia and on the role of occupational therapists in cohousing communities.
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