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Meet the Four Ontario Women Who Found a Better Alternative to Retirement Living
Feature Article in July/August 2021 issue of Readers Digest Article By Luc Rinaldi, Reader’s Digest Canada When Louise Bardswich helped her mother move into a retirement residence in 2012, she realized she’d never want to live in one herself. The...![Is home-sharing the “Air BNB” of affordable housing?](https://goldenhomesharingconnections.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Two-women-doing-dishes-705x675.jpg)
Is home-sharing the “Air BNB” of affordable housing?
People pooh-poohed the idea that Air BNBs would ever take off as a popular way for homeowners to earn some extra income or that people would really rather stay in an unknown person’s house rather than a hotel when they travel – and look what happened! Air BNBs have...![What Makes a Good Home-mate?](https://goldenhomesharingconnections.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/21895843_s-e1612046390389.jpg)
What Makes a Good Home-mate?
Every time I speak with people about home-sharing, whether at a presentation, a workshop or just in conversation, I like to share the definition of a good home-mate crafted by Annamarie Pluhar, a fellow home-sharing advocate and author of the book Sharing Housing: A...![When Friends Form a Family](https://goldenhomesharingconnections.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Artist-in-Wheelchair-1080x675.jpg)
When Friends Form a Family
One of the issues that people have to think about as they age is: “What happens if I reach the point where I need help doing everyday things? Or if I have a fall and have to go to the hospital? Will they let me come home again?” If you are living alone things like...![Five Million Spare Bedrooms](https://goldenhomesharingconnections.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/83005550_m-1080x675.jpg)