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1) Queen bees
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen temporarily moves into a nearby retirement community. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying 'mean girls' the likes of which she hasn't encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sensitively counsels readers on how to downsize a family home filled with a lifetime of memories, sharing practical recommendations for strategies based on the expertise of antiques appraisers, garage-sale gurus, professional organizers and psychologists.
"It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Agatha McGee, now eighty-seven years old, knows she is slowing down. From the window of her new home in the Sunset Senior apartments, she can see that Staggerford has become a town with hustle and bustle that threatens to leave her behind.
She's not quite resigned to a schedule of Sunset Senior's arts and crafts classes but with the deaths of two close friends, a mysterious missing shoe box, her nephew Frederick's worrisome mental state, and, most...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 301 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the trend of of seniors living together for the support they do not receive living independently or in a traditional care facility.
Author
Publisher
Made For Success Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Designed as a practical guide through the complex world of senior living, here is the advice and guidance to help you make decisions that honor the elderly, protect family resources, and provide an investment opportunity in today's fast growing segment of the real estate market.
10) Home planning for your later years: new designs, living options, smart decisions, how to finance it
Author
Publisher
Beverly Cracom Publications
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
181 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
x, 240 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this book, an award-winning journalist tells the story of people devising innovative ways to live as they approach retirement, options that ensure they are surrounded by a circle of friends, family, and neighbors. Based on visits and interviews at many communities around the country, Beth Baker weaves a rich tapestry of grassroots alternatives, some of them surprisingly affordable -- an affordable mobile home cooperative in small-town Oregon --...
Author
Publisher
[CreatSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
103 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive, practical guide that leads Baby Boomers through the process of getting their financial lives in order and communicating their wishes, desires and concerns to their adult children.
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With levity and sadness, two grown children and their aging parents struggle with the decision whether the older generation should stay in the house where they have lived for fifty years. Shot in the house where the director's parents lived for close to fifty years, the film's semi-autobiographical story is memorably acted by a small ensemble cast led by Elliot Gould.
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