Generational Living provides so many wonderful benefits. Living with an extended family provides the opportunity to build strong relationships between generations. This can help foster carrying down of cultural traditions and values. It provides assistance across the generations. Grandparents can provide assistance with grandchildren as well as the reverse. Generational Living can decrease isolation and feelings of loneliness in the aging.

Generational living arrangements can take various forms, ranging from families sharing a single house or apartment to living in adjacent or nearby residences. Each family will have unique needs based on their individual dynamic and lifestyles.