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Co-housing is a growing trend among Baby Boomers, as the aging demographic works to delay the need to move into a nursing home.<\/p>\n
There are as many as 78 million people between the ages of 49 and 67 in the U.S., and few of them report that they plan to end up in a nursing home unless it becomes unavoidable. While some of the Boomers are planning to move in with their adult children, many more are not choosing that option. And, with one out of every four Boomers childless, relying on adult children simply isn’t an option. For others, the increased likelihood that their adult children live thousands of miles away means that the one-third of the Boomers who are single are without established household companionship. But not, it seems, for long.<\/p>\n
The Boomer generation, elder advocates say, is one not entirely adverse to the concept of communes and communal living. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Co-housing is a growing trend among Baby Boomers, as the aging demographic works to delay the need to move into a nursing home. There are as many as 78 million people between the ages of 49 and 67 in the…<\/span><\/p>\n