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Robert Siegle Design

The Folks, Next Door

11/5/2011

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Ii seems that no matter  what your age, where you go, or whomever you talk to today, care giving is but one conversation away. Most everyone fits into one of the following categories: you ARE a care giver, you WILL BE a caregiver, you WERE a care giver, or you KNOW a care giver.

My Wife and I are care givers. I designed a home for us to share with her parents that respects their privacy yet offers us all a lot of convenience, security, the right amount of independence, and the necessary family interaction when needed or desired. I believe the "sharing" of living quarters is going to be one of the next big trends in housing. The scenarios of inter-family needs, especially later in our lives, are almost limitless. Whether it is a new home designed for this purpose or  adaptations to an existing home, the mutual benefits of residing in the same dwelling have to be a sensible and financially advantageous situation for so many families.

Of course not everyone will elect or be able to help solve their care giving dilemmas in this manner but  more and more no doubt will. "The Folks, Next Door" works for us. 
  





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    Robert C. Siegle is a 1967 Graduate of the University of Michigan School of Architecture, College of Art & Design and has a BS Degree in Design. He has been creating home designs for individual clients since 1972. 

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