Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 240 pages)
ISBN:
1306573262
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9781306573269
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9780826519894
Content:
Experiments from across the country with new living arrangements that balance independence and community as one grows older.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Oncoming Train -- I. A Time Like No Other -- 1. The End of Denial: Taking Charge of How We Live -- 2. Interdependence: Reconsidering "Aging in Place" -- II. A Wealth of Options -- 3. The Village: Neighbors Helping Neighbors -- 4. Cohousing: Creating Community from the Ground Up -- 5. Cooperatives: Living Affordably -- 6. NORCs: Retiring Naturally -- 7. Community Without Walls: Weaving a Web of Friendship -- 8. Generations of Hope: Living Well by Doing Good -- 9. Affinity Groups: Settling with Your Tribe -- 10. Housesharing: Finding Companionship with Friends-or Strangers -- 11. The New Family: Balancing Togetherness and Privacy -- III. Getting from Here to There -- 12. Design for Life: Building Homes and Neighborhoods That Serve Us -- 13. How Will We Pay? Planning for the Unknown -- 14. Who Will Help Us?Advocating for Direct Care Workers -- 15. Is There a Robot in Your Future? Accepting Non-Human Help -- 16. What If? Mapping Our Plan B -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Glossary of Alternative Models -- Appendix B: Questions to Help Guide Our Choices -- Notes -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: The Oncoming Train""; ""I. A Time Like No Other""; ""1. The End of Denial: Taking Charge of How We Live""; ""2. Interdependence: Reconsidering “Aging in Place�""; ""II. A Wealth of Options""; ""3. The Village: Neighbors Helping Neighbors""; ""4. Cohousing: Creating Community from the Ground Up""; ""5. Cooperatives: Living Affordably""; ""6. NORCs: Retiring Naturally""; ""7. Community Without Walls: Weaving a Web of Friendship""; ""8. Generations of Hope: Living Well by Doing Good""
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""9. Affinity Groups: Settling with Your Tribe""""10. Housesharing: Finding Companionship with Friends�or Strangers""; ""11. The New Family: Balancing Togetherness and Privacy""; ""III. Getting from Here to There""; ""12. Design for Life: Building Homes and Neighborhoods That Serve Us""; ""13. How Will We Pay? Planning for the Unknown""; ""14. Who Will Help Us?Advocating for Direct Care Workers""; ""15. Is There a Robot in Your Future? Accepting Non-Human Help""; ""16. What If? Mapping Our Plan B""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix A: Glossary of Alternative Models""
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""Appendix B: Questions to Help Guide Our Choices""""Notes""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
1306573254
Additional Edition:
Print version With a Little Help from Our Friends : Creating Community As We Grow Older
Language:
English
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