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With a Little Help from Our Friends : Creating Community as We Grow Older /
"In this book, an award-winning journalist tells the story of people devising innovative ways to live as they approach retirement, options that ensure they are surrounded by a circle of friends, family, and neighbors. Based on visits and interviews at many communities around the country, Beth B...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Nashville :
Vanderbilt University Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 Strangers11. 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.