Together Again - A Creative Guide to Successful Multi-Generational Living

Informationen zum Autor Sharon Graham Niederhaus recently completed her master's thesis at Stanford University on multi-generational living arrangements. A credentialed teacher K-12! she has written numerous articles in educational journals and was inducted into San Mateo County's Women's Hall of Fame in 1993. John L. Graham is Professor of Marketing and International Business at the Graduate School of Management! University of California! Irvine. He is the author of Doing Business with the Japanese as well as more than fifty articles and chapters in academic and management journals and books. He has also written more than forty articles for The New York Times! Los Angeles Times! and other newspapers! and has been interviewed on NBC Nightly News and the BBC. Klappentext Together Again offers solutions based in part on interviews with over 100 people now involved in extended family living relationships. Topics covered include 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 about independent living; financial and legal planning; and making co-habitation agreements. Zusammenfassung The popular press has taken notice of two trends in housing arrangements: three-generation households! and twenty-somethings staying at home longer. This book covers topics which include financial and emotional benefits of living together; proximity and privacy; and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Dodging the Nursing Home; Why Living Together Again Makes Sense; Stories About Care-giving Benefits for the Young and Old; Stories About Grand Relationships; Deciding to Live Together; Proximity and Privacy: Living Together in Helpful Ways; Other Times! Other Places; Designing and Remodelling Your Home for Privacy; How to Find! Buy or Build Housing; Making Your Home Accessible to Seniors; Overcoming Cultural Stigmas: Four Curses and a Blessing; Financial; and Legal Considerations; Making Agreements for Living Together; Index. ...

Product details

• Authors: John L. Graham, Sharon Graham Niederhaus, Sharon Graham Graham Niederhaus
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2006
• EAN: 9781590771228
• ISBN: 978-1-59077-122-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subject: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family