We want to thank an eagle-eyed reader in Knoxville, Tennessee for sending us this interesting real estate link. It seems the website Just Listed Knoxville wanted to present available properties in as many useful ways as possible. So they have divided all of the area listings into categories, beginning with some obvious choices: New Homes,..Read the rest…

We were looking at a Canadian study on “Aging and Inter-Generational Fairness.” The focus was on the often heard issue of the baby boomer generation bankrupting the economy through massive drawdowns from pension funds both public and private. We all know the numbers and have heard many of the proposals to rescue the retirement funds..Read the rest…

A few years ago Grandparents.com commissioned a study on the economic effects of the grandparent generation. That research led to a very interesting report titled The Grandparent Economy (2009). If you would like to download the entire report in a pdf format, use this link.
Here are some of the more intriguing findings:
*There are approximately 70 million..Read the rest…

On the first day of every month we like to invite you to participate here on Multigenerational Living.
You will notice several posts by “guest” those are all submissions from readers like you. If you would like to offer up your thoughts please just use the contact button and send along your ideas. Don’t worry if..Read the rest…

Multigenerational Centers began back in the 80s as little more than day care and elder care in one building. Today there are hundreds of such centers providing a wide range of services to the multi-gen community. The focus remains on the older and the younger generations, but in most cases that is no longer a..Read the rest…

We hear certain assumptions about multigenerational living all the time and you are probably wondering are they true or just assumptions with no basis in fact? For instance”
“Aren’t Hispanic households more likely to be multigenerational?”
“Surely the numbers are higher in Asian families?”
“Aren’t first generation immigrants are more likely to . . ? “

As I write this article, the Population Clock tells me that there are over 309 million residents in the United States and 6.8 billion humans on the planet. We know that over 50 million of those 309 Americans are living in multigenerational households (the number is probably between 52 & 53 million).

Do we have a definition of multigenerational?
Well, yes we do. A multigenerational household is one in which two or more adult generations live. But we don’t want to limit our resources in any way. We expect that some of the tips and advice offered here on Multigenerational Life might even apply to the nuclear family..Read the rest…