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Informationen zum Autor By Sharon Graham Niederhaus and John L. Graham Klappentext Many families are creating multigenerational households to consolidate resources and save money. This book covers the financial and emotional benefits of living together, proximity and privacy, designing and remodeling your home to accommodate adult children or elderly parents, overcoming cultural stigmas, financial and legal planning, and making cohabitation agreements. Zusammenfassung Many families are creating multigenerational households to consolidate resources and save money. This book covers the financial and emotional benefits of living together, proximity and privacy, designing and remodeling your home to accommodate adult children or elderly parents... Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Seeing Your FutureChapter 1: Dodging the Nursing HomeChapter 2: Two Decades of Change for American Families Have Already Begun Part II. The BenefitsChapter 3: Why Living Together Again Makes SenseChapter 4: Stories about Caregiving Benefits for the Young and OldChapter 5: Stories about Grand RelationshipsPart III. The PracticalitiesChapter 6: Deciding to Live TogetherChapter 7: Proximity and Privacy: Living Together in Helpful WaysChapter 8: Other Times, Other PlacesChapter 9: Designing and Remodeling Your Home for PrivacyChapter 10: How to Find, Buy, or Build HousingChapter 11: Making Your Home Accessible to SeniorsPart IV. The ChallengesChapter 12: Overcoming Cultural Stigmas: Four Curses and a BlessingChapter 13: Financial and Legal ConsiderationsChapter 14: Making Agreements for Living TogetherNotes