With a little help from our friends : creating community as we grow older
Publication Information
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2014]
Physical Description
x, 240 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
""This book tells the story of ordinary people organizing innovative ways to live as they approach retirement, options that ensure they are surrounded by a circle of friends, family, and neighbors"--Provided by publisher"--
Contents
- Prologue : the oncoming train
- Part I: A time like no other. The end of denial : taking charge of how we live ; Interdependence : reconsidering "aging in place"
- Part II: A wealth of options. The village : neighbors helping neighbors ; Cohousing : creating community from the ground up ; Cooperatives : living affordably ; NORCs : retiring naturally ; Community without walls : weaving a web of friendship ; Generations of hope : living well by doing good ; Affinity groups : settling with your tribe ; Housesharing : finding companionship with friends, or strangers ; The new family : balancing togetherness and privacy
- Part III: Getting from here to there. Design for life : building homes and neighborhoods that serve us ; How will we pay? : planning for the unknown ; Who will help us? : advocating for direct care workers ; Is there a robot in your future? : accepting non-human help ; "What if?" : mapping our plan B.