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Contents Acknowledgments ix Prologue: The Oncoming Train 1 PART I A Time Like No Other 1 The End of Denial: Taking Charge of How We Live 7 2 Interdependence: Reconsidering “Aging in Place” 19 PART II A Wealth of Options 3 The Village: Neighbors Helping Neighbors 29 4 Cohousing: Creating Community from the Ground Up 40 5 Cooperatives: Living Affordably 56 6 NORCs: Retiring Naturally 67 7 Community Without Walls: Weaving a Web of Friendship 86 8 Generations of Hope: Living Well by Doing Good 99 9 Affinity Groups: Settling with Your Tribe 109 10 Housesharing: Finding Companionship with Friends—or Strangers 131 viii 11 The New Family: Balancing Togetherness and Privacy 144 PART III Getting from Here to There 12 Design for Life: Building Homes and Neighborhoods that Serve Us 159 13 How Will We Pay?: Planning for the Unknown 170 14 Who Will Help Us?: Advocating for Direct Care Workers 178 15 Is There a Robot in Your Future?: Accepting Non-Human Help 186 16 “What If?”: Mapping Our Plan B 197 Epilogue 217 Appendix A: Glossary of Alternative Models 219 Appendix B: Questions to Help Guide Our Choices 221 Notes 223 Index 233 ...

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