Home After 50™

About Home After 50™

Home After 50™ is the podcast for women over 50 navigating midlife, aging parents, and the new shape of family and home. Host Juli Ford has lived in a multigenerational home for more than eleven years. She is a Certified Senior Advisor®, a real estate broker, and a trusted voice on multigenerational living, featured on Fox & Friends and in Business Insider, Newsweek and The New York Times. Each week, Juli shares honest stories and practical strategy for Gen X women and the sandwich generation: caring for aging parents, sharing a home with three generations, financing a multigenerational home or ADU, navigating hard family conversations, embracing the empty nest, and reinventing life after 50. If you're a woman 50+ wondering what comes next for your home, your family, and yourself, you'll feel right at home here. Follow and subscribe for new episodes every week, and download Juli's free Multi-Generational Living Guide and other resources at juliford.com (https://juliford.com/).

Publisher

Juli Ford

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Aug 2025

Latest episode

10 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Will the Housework All Fall on the Woman? Fairness in a Multigenerational Home

   You love the idea of multi-gen living, but what if the work lands on you? Juli continues her series answering real comments from her community. Pam worries the lion's share of the housework will fall on the woman, no matter the generation. Dana asks about home maintenance, contributions, and the long-term care phase most families never plan for. Juli shares practical ways to make a shared home feel fair, balanced, and built to last. What Juli covers: Why women still worry about carrying most of the housework, and how adding aging parents or grandchildren can make it feel heavier Having the conversation before anyone moves in Finding an advocate in the family before the family meeting Money and energy: why one generation often brings more of each, and how to value non-financial contributions Remembering that taxes, insurance, and repairs grow over time, and why an annual cost check-in helps The care phase for aging parents (a full episode is coming soon) "It's one thing to set up your multi-generational home financially and get it started. It's another thing to make sure you can keep it running." Juli Ford Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to Home After 50 00:29 Introduction and Podcast Tech Updates 01:28 Engaging with Audience Comments 03:24 Are women expected to do most of the housework in a Multi-Generational Home? 09:40 Maintenance and Contributions in Multi-Generational Homes 12:22 Long-Term Care Planning for Aging Parents Navigating this in your own home? Leave a comment or email juli@juliford.com (mailto:juli@juliford.com). Juli may share your story on a future episode. Resources: The Multi-Gen Toolkit: 98 conversation prompts and family meeting templates and all multi-gen resources, including The Multi-Gen Money Guide: juliford.com/multi-gen Book a Clarity Call: juliford.com/consult Follow Juli on Instagram: @itsjuliford Watch or listen to the Home After 50 Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts Explore more resources: juliford.com Email Juli directly: juli@juliford.com (mailto:juli@juliford.com)

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Multigenerational Living and Siblings: Do You Need a Trust Fund to Keep It Fair?

   Juli kicks off season five on an unseasonably warm October day in Massachusetts with a format she plans to return to often this fall: answering the comments and questions that land in her inbox every day. She takes on two of the biggest hesitations families bring to her clarity calls and monthly coffee chats. The first is about siblings, fairness, and inheritance when one adult child buys a home with their parents. The second is about land, zoning, and whether a property can legally hold more than one dwelling. Both answers come back to the same truth: these things are complex, but rarely impossible when families do the work together. What Juli Covers A new season and a new format: What Juli has planned for October through December, and why she is starting the season by answering real audience messages. "It won't work without a trust fund": Juli responds to an Instagram comment claiming multigenerational living fails unless parents can equalize the inheritance for siblings who are not moving in, and explains where that claim misses the mark. The first question she asks every family: Are there other siblings who will not live in the home or hold an ownership stake, and have you talked with them yet? How Juli's own family handled it: Her mom contributed a little more than half of the 20% down payment eleven years ago, viewed as roughly five years of rent, with a family agreement on how her estate would be adjusted if she passed before that time was up. Why many siblings are grateful, not resentful: In many families Juli works with, siblings are glad to step back from the financial side in exchange for knowing their parents are cared for close by. Put it in writing: Healthy family dynamics matter, and so does legal documentation. Finding land that allows more than one dwelling: Why zoning and financing need a hyper local lens, even though family agreements and boundaries apply almost anywhere in the world. Massachusetts ADU rules: How the Affordable Homes Act made accessory dwelling units allowed by right on single family properties, plus the setbacks, septic, sewer, and building code realities that still apply. Make friends with your building department: Why Juli recommends starting at city or town hall, and why checking state law matters when small towns are still catching up to new rules. Coming next week: More audience questions on financing and family relationships. A Moment Worth Remembering "Of course there are complexities, but many, many solutions can be found if families are willing to work together." Juli Ford Resources Mentioned Free Clarity Call for families exploring multi-gen living: juliford.com/inquiry (https://juliford.com/inquiry) Monthly Multi-Gen Coffee Chat, a free Zoom call usually held the last Friday of the month, 12 to 1 pm Eastern. Check the calendar and register at juliford.com/events (https://juliford.com/events) Massachusetts Affordable Homes Act and ADU regulations https://www.mass.gov/info-details/accessory-dwelling-units (https://www.mass.gov/info-details/accessory-dwelling-units) More of Juli's Resources The Multi-Gen Money Guide and all multi-gen resources: juliford.com/multi-gen (https://juliford.com/multi-gen) Follow Juli on Instagram: @itsjuliford Explore more resources: juliford.com Email Juli directly: juli@juliford.com (mailto:juli@juliford.com)

3. 

   29 Aug 2026

   Wrapping Season 4 and Helping Aging Parents from a Distance

   Juli closes out season four before she takes her usual break between seasons, a rhythm she has built in every eight to twelve episodes to rest and come back renewed. This time the break is focused on producing her long awaited Multi-Gen Money Course, alongside a few new brand partnerships and a girls' weekend on Cape Cod to celebrate a close friend's upcoming wedding and move to Ireland. She also opens up about the loss of Dolly Parton this week and the way it has her reflecting on generosity and compassion, before sharing a practical, geriatrician backed list of ways adult children can support aging parents from a distance. What Juli Covers The season break, explained: Why Juli pauses the podcast for a few weeks between seasons, and what she is working on during this one, primarily her multi-gen money course, with a possible second course in the works, targeted for early September. New brand partnerships: A quick note on the products and brands Juli is excited to be working with, and her rule that she only represents things she genuinely uses and would recommend to friends and family. A girls' weekend send-off: Juli heads to Cape Cod with four close friends to celebrate one of them who is moving to Ireland to get married Remembering Dolly Parton: Juli reflects on Dolly's legacy of generosity, compassion, and warmth, and the question it has left her asking herself: how can she be more like Dolly in her own life. Tasks long-distance adult children can take over: Juli shares a list from Instagram accounts The Millennial Sandwich and geriatrician Dr. Anita, covering appointments, medications, bills and paperwork, groceries and household supplies, home maintenance, transportation, care coordination, and emergency planning. Real examples from home: Juli shares how her mom manages her own Instacart orders to stay independent, how her cousin places grocery orders for her great uncle from another state, and how her brother coordinated a life alert system for their mom. Looking ahead to season five: Juli previews her return toward the end of September, with a season that will carry listeners through the holidays and include more guest conversations. Resources Mentioned @themillenialsandwich and @itsdoctoranita (geriatrician) on Instagram, source of the long-distance caregiving task list The Multi-Gen Money Guide and the Multi-Gen Money Course (coming soon) juliford.com/multi-gen (http://juliford.com/multi-gen) Stay Connected If this episode gave you a few new ideas for supporting an aging parent from a distance, or just made you feel a little less alone in it, follow and subscribe to Home After 50™ so you are ready when season five begins. And if you have been dreaming about multigenerational living, grab Juli's Multi-Gen resources at juliford.com/multi-gen (http://juliford.com/multi-gen) Juli's Resources The Multi-Gen Money Guide and all free multi-gen resources: juliford.com/multi-gen (http://juliford.com/multi-gen) Book a Clarity Call: juliford.com/schedule (http://juliford.com/schedule) Follow Juli on Instagram: @itsjuliford Watch or listen to the Home After 50™ Podcast Explore more resources: juliford.com (http://juliford.com) Email Juli directly: juli@juliford.com (mailto:juli@juliford.com)

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