Choose Your Place: Rethinking Home As You Age

Advance Praise for Choose Your Place

"In exploring the many options for a problem that impacts us all, Eckford and Lambert have their ears firmly to the ground."

 Marni Jameson, Author, Downsizing the Family Home and Downsizing the Blended Home

Where do you want to live as you age? People who have lived their lives making their own choices want to continue to have control. In Choose Your Place: Rethinking Home as You Age, you will meet real older adults deciding for themselves where and with whom the want to live their old age. Hear what it’s really like to live in cohousing, retire abroad as an expat, find roommates, or make living with adult children work for everyone.

Includes COVID-19 updates: How does the pandemic shape your choices?

Excellent reading for those who are pre-retirement, early retirement and for families to use as a launching point for effective, future-focused discussion. A tool for empowered aging!

Editorial Reviews

"In exploring the many options for a problem that impacts us all, Eckford and Lambert have their ears firmly to the ground. They not only have the answers, but they also ask exactly the right questions. Choose Your Place is a work of enormous sensitivity, honesty and insight, fascinating in its scope and often surprising in its findings."

Marni Jameson, Author, Downsizing the Family Home and Downsizing the Blended Home

Praise for Aging with Care: Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers at Home:

"Most seniors want to age in their homes. But what if simple daily tasks are becoming too difficult? What if family members aren’t able to give round-the clock care? Lambert and Eckford, both experienced in geriatric care, do a thorough exploration of the challenges of providing home care. Packed with practical information, online tools, and common-sense suggestions, this book will be reassuring for readers facing these important challenges."