With a little help from our friends : creating community as we grow older

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Label

With a little help from our friends : creating community as we grow older

Title remainder

creating community as we grow older

Statement of responsibility

Beth Baker

Creator

• Baker, Beth, 1951-

Subject

• Communal living -- United States
• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General
• Intergenerational relations -- United States
• MEDICAL / Caregiving
• Aged
• Older people -- Housing -- United States
• Retirement communities -- Health aspects
• trueUnited States
• Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

• "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 Baker weaves a rich tapestry of grassroots alternatives, some of them surprisingly affordable -- an affordable mobile home cooperative in small-town Oregon -- a senior artists colony in Los Angeles -- neighbors helping neighbors in "Villages" or "naturally occurring retirement communities" -- intentional cohousing communities -- best friends moving in together -- multigenerational families that balance togetherness and privacy -- niche communities including such diverse groups as retired postal workers, gays and lesbians, and Zen Buddhists. Drawing on new research showing the importance of social support to healthy aging and the risks associated with loneliness and isolation, the author encourages the reader to plan for a future with strong connections. Baker explores whether individuals in declining health can really stay rooted in their communities through the end of life and concludes by examining the challenge of expanding the home-care workforce and the potential of new technologies like webcams and assistive robots"--
• ""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"--

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

362.16

Index

index present

LC call number

RA564.8

LC item number

.B345 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography