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COUNCIL ON AGING - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The New Golden Girls
n By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell
The number of older adults sharing homes is
growing, as is the number of companies that help
roommates find one another.
Betty White's death at the end of last year
brought back memories of her role as the kind
but dim retiree Rose Nylund on the 1980s sitcom
" Golden Girls, " in which four older women shared
a house in Florida.
Women who watched the show as young adults are
now at or near retirement age themselves, and many
are finding that they're New Golden Girls, sharing
homes because of financial concerns or a desire to fill
the social void left by the loss of a partner.
According to SpareRoom, one of the growing
niche businesses that help people find rooms,
sublets and roommates, the number of people over
50 living with a roommate is growing at twice the
rate of any other group, with one in five saying
they're living with a roommate for the first time.
Research by the Joint Center for Housing at
Harvard University suggests this trend has been
gaining speed since at least 2006. It concluded that
a " small but growing number of older adults " now
live with a non-relative roommate.
Marlene Mears, 64, knows how important
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it is to find a compatible roommate. After a
long marriage that ended in divorce, she first
downsized to a townhouse in Michigan, then
decided she really didn't know where this chapter
of her life would end up.
" My kids are young and scattered in different
states. They don't have children yet and I just
didn't know where to live, " recalls Mears. " I tried
teaching in Costa Rica, but then decided I would
like to go back out west. "
Baby Boomer Roommates
She first tried home sharing a few years ago, but
the roommate wasn't the right fit. " She had strict
protocols and was demanding, " says Mears. " She
was up at 5:30 every morning and wanted me up,
too, and for me to be there to help her all the time. "
They soon parted ways, and Mears temporarily
stayed with a cousin in Denver before deciding to
look for another roommate. " The experience didn't
put me off, " she says of her first attempt at house
sharing. " I really don't like living alone, but I'm
also not big at socializing either. "
A year and half ago, Mears signed up with
Silvernest, a home-sharing matching website
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