WaPo article about aging without kids | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Katie Henry (katie-henryatt.net) | |
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:31:55 -0700 (PDT) |
A nice article in the Washington Post about a subject of great interest to me -- aging without kids. Cohousing is mentioned in the comments. Aging Solo: Okay, I don’t have a child to help me, but I do have a plan https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/aging-solo-okay-i-dont-have-a-child-to-help-me-but-i-do-have-a-plan/2016/08/15/2af75e9a-49c7-11e6-90a8-fb84201e0645_story.html ... After watching my outgoing, ever optimistic mother madly flounder in a posh Tampa assisted-living facility, I pulled her out to care for her in my small, two-bedroom apartment. Since 2014, I’ve learned something vital: It’s better to plan a more personal assisted-living future with your own friends while in your 50s or 60s. That will give you time to choose a location with diverse people and culture, with neighborhoods that have sidewalks and public transit. Sharing resources can spawn all sorts of possibilities. Maybe my posse grabs several apartments in rental, condo or co-op buildings, or we share a group house in D.C., Manhattan or L.A. Heck, maybe we can find a way to lease a floor in one of the many overbuilt office buildings around the country. Perhaps (if yours is an anti-urban posse) you can hire an architect to design space-age yurts in Arizona. Each madly hip structure would be self-contained, but the colony would have a common dining hall, gym and tech-support center, or whatever your future selves desire. ...
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WaPo article about aging without kids Katie Henry, August 25 2016
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Re: WaPo article about aging without kids Virgil Huston, August 25 2016
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Re: WaPo article about aging without kids Elizabeth Magill, August 26 2016
- Re: WaPo article about aging without kids Virgil Huston, August 27 2016
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Re: WaPo article about aging without kids Elizabeth Magill, August 26 2016
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Re: WaPo article about aging without kids Virgil Huston, August 25 2016
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