Seniors

Postings in this category are specifically about seniors and the options for seniors in sharing housing.

The New “Golden Girls” On NBC News

You know that when a big network news show covers a story, that story is becoming mainstream. So it is with the idea of adults living together.

NBC interviewed four women and one man living together in a four-bedroom house in Asheville, NC. The interviews and footage show the housemates living the four advantages of sharing: money, company, task-sharing and help in emergencies. Watch it.

One member of the house is Marianne Kilkenny, founder of Women For Living in Community. There’s lots more information on her website about the whole notion of consciously choosing to live with others as a retirement strategy.

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Comfort for the Young and Old

Here’s a really nice article by Simon Murphy in The Guardian about a HomeShare arrangement in London. It highlights the benefits of arrangement by describing how it works for 97-year old Barbara Clapham and 26-year old Beth Cooke. Beth has a low rent place to live in exchange for tasks that are easy for the [...]

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Seniors Homing Together: Radio Interview

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An interview with on Michele Fiasca on Homing Together. In this thirty-minute interview Michele and her business partner, Zoe, talk about the advantages of sharing housing for people of all ages, not just seniors. It’s fascinating to hear them talk about so many of the aspects of sharing housing that I describe in my book. [...]

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My House, Our Home: A NY Times article

“My House, Our Home” is the title of the excellent article by Emily Liedel in the NY Times blog “The New Old Age.”  She writes about 81-year-old Anna Novack who lives with her 45-year-old son and 65-year-old Antimina Garmley and how living together has improved the lives of all three residents. I don’t need to [...]

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More “Golden Girls”

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Nothing like a catchy phrase to get attention.  And the idea of women of retirement age living together is getting more attention. The most recent entry is a blog post on Reuters Wealth. It’s the fourth unique piece since winter. I’ve commented on two. (Golden Girls in SmartMoney, Decades of Friendship: Retiring in One House). [...]

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