Multigenerational

Art Through the Ages: Intergenerational Programming Improves Community Life

Kristen Paglia | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Arts, Multigenerational, Intergenerational Programming, Art, Multigenerational Househoulds, Arts Education, Impact News
Kristen Paglia

The arts provide a line of communication that transcends generational divides, providing common ground for young and old alike on which to explore modern solutions to age-old human dilemmas.

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Home In A Home As Families Live Together Longer

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Multigenerational, Latino, Video, Extended Family, Hispanics, Asians, Multigenerational Homes, Home Design, Latino Voices News

LOS ANGELES -- It's a home within a home – and it could be coming soon to a home near you. Builders across the country are revamping home desig...

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WATCH: Builders Design New Homes For Changing Lives Of Post 50s

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Generation X, Multigenerational, Building Concepts, Video, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, Multigenerational Homes, Sandwich Generation, Fifty News

In decades past, builders have marketed age-restricted communities to post 50s. But life has changed for many boomers: college kids are taking longer ...

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Laura Rowley

Failure To Launch: Why Multigenerational Households Are Surging

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: The Accordian Family, Unemployment, Boomerang Kids, Failure to Launch, Multigenerational, Multigenerational Household, Katherine Newman, Recession, Adult Children Living With Parents, Fifty News

Lindsay Samakow, 23, graduated from Penn State University in 2010 and took a job selling phone service door-to-door to small businesses. The recruiter...

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Creating care vacuums as nursing homes close

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Cohabitation, Ethnicity, Demography, Multigenerational, Race, Health Care, Recession, Family, Home News
Philip N. Cohen

Which came first, the closed nursing home or the doubled-up household? The recession-driven spikes in multigenerational households and cohabiting cou...

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Multigenerational Families, Recession Studies

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Census, Unemployment, Poverty, Multigenerational, New York Times, Families, Grandparents, Recession, Healthy Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The hows and whys of multigenerational living during the recession. A new article in the NY Times describes the experience of multigenerational fami...

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Roses is a Love Triangle with Texas as the Backdrop

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Epic Novel, Multigenerational, Gone With the Wind, Roses, Leila Meacham, Giant, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

Book Review: Roses by Leila Meacham Leila Meacham's new novel, Roses, falls somewher...

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Recipe Passed on to the Next Generation

Mary Ann West | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Strawberry, Home Made, Pectin, Multigenerational, Nj, Festival, Preserve, Recipe, Jam, Amish, Sugar, Cresskill, Healthy Living News
Mary Ann West

The Strawberry Rite of Passage, now transcribed for future generations, is more than just making great tasting jam, it's the experience of doing it for oneself and knowing where your food comes from, supporting local farmers and recapturing one of the lost home arts.

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