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Where Do You Want to Grow Old?

Choosing My Future
In my previous post, Moving to Ann Arbor – Now! I announced exactly that.  This post goes into more detail about the process of choosing a suitable community as you get older.  Of course, you can stay right where you are.  But for many of us, some adjusting and changing may be in order.
Perhaps because I make it my business to analyze options for aging and urge my readers to take control of their own futures, I am hyper-conscious about my own choices.  There… More

RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES MEET INDIVIDUAL NEEDS

Retirement communities are for retirement age people who cannot or no longer wish to live in a single family residence.  Most communities are expensive. Some are more affordable than others.  Look for non-profit facilities or communities that offer rental housing if your budget is tight.
Communities differ in the amount of on-site assistance and care provided.  Three types of retirement communities are:

Active (on site medical care not required)
Active and Supportive… More

A PERSONAL GROUP HOME EXPERIENCE

CONTINUUM OF CARE
During the last seven years of her life, my mother progressed through the continuum of care in a series of retirement communities.   Initially, both of my parents moved to the independent living wing of a retirement facility that also offered assisted living and memory care.  After my father’s death, Mom lived in their apartment until her Parkinson’s disease made it dangerous for her to live alone.  For a year she had a live-in caregiver,… More