The project is modelled after projects in Europe and is planned to start in fall 2023.
A pair of Coldstream residents – who live on a farm with their 38 alpacas – are planning a unique project that would create a peaceful space for seniors to live.
Wendy Niklaus and Alfons Grabosch are the developers of the plan, with a goal launch of fall 2023, and told Black Press Media that the concept would model similar projects from in Scandinavia and Germany.
“I’m 70 now and we asked ourselves, what do we do when we can’t do the hard farm work anymore, but we want to stay with our animals,” Grabosch said.
Grabosch, a retired surgeon, and Niklaus, a retired nurse, each have decades of clinical experience in Germany and Abu Dhabi. They moved to Canada in 2015 and set up their alpaca ranch in Coldstream shortly after.
The hope is to offer independent and assisted living for seniors in an eco-friendly, sustainable environment.
