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For aging baby boomer women, living with friends fills emotional and financial needs

By Irene Sege
Globe Staff / October 15, 2007

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The custom-built ranch house in West Barnstable that Elizabeth Quinn, Janet Goldrick, and their three dachshunds share may look like one more gracious family home in a Cape Cod subdivision. Really it's a fully accessible, carefully planned old-folks-home-in-waiting, occupied by active 60-something friends anticipating the frailty of longevity. (Full article: 1304 words)

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