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I was thinking about my mother who passed away three years ago at 92 and lived in her own home till the end (left the earth on her own property). She would not have been caught dead in "assisted living," any kind of CCRC, or nursing home...had said that all her life. She had things her own way. I'm wondering who else, if anyone, feels the same.
I think most people would want to stay in their own home if they could, I know I sure would. Unfortunately, some people can't take care of themselves anymore and need 24 hour care (strokes, dementia, etc), so sometimes there's no choice. But there are alot of people, mostly widows, who end up selling their homes and go into an independent living or assisted living facility. But most of them really do hate it...and wish they were back home. At least the ones I have met.
Ha - too early to know. Ask me in about 15 years. I don't like the expense and responsibility (equally) of home ownership, but I do like the privacy, control, and neighborhood. Park for walking right around the corner, all the stores I need half mile away, 10 min from downtown theatre, restaurants, three hospitals 10 min. in either direction. I suppose as long as son/dil are renters of the other half of my house, I'll stay. Otherwise, probably go into an apartment downtown. Love our downtown. Wouldn't mind having everything on one floor. Right now, it's two floors.
Last edited by Ariadne22; 08-23-2012 at 03:37 PM..
My plan at age 70 is to age in place as long as I can. Hopefully, I can avoid mental impairment to make it possible. Will use home health care if necessary. My grandmother lived alone on a farm in NW Ohio til the end. That was before the current alert systems . She had a stroke and lay on the floor til a neighbor did her daily check. Died around age 80, but lived her way. That's my goal.
Now how are we supposed to answer that? We're not at the "very end" yet. Hopefully we're not even close to it. Hold a seance after I've assumed room temperature and I'll tell you then. After all, "The best laid plans of mice and men..."
Now how are we supposed to answer that? We're not at the "very end" yet. Hopefully we're not even close to it. Hold a seance after I've assumed room temperature and I'll tell you then. After all, "The best laid plans of mice and men..."
Well there is the view that you manifest what you believe and demand, as many do... Our life may be more in our own power than we think. At any rate, the personal answer to the question can drive one's thinking about how and where to retire.
My plan at age 70 is to age in place as long as I can. Hopefully, I can avoid mental impairment to make it possible. Will use home health care if necessary. My grandmother lived alone on a farm in NW Ohio til the end. That was before the current alert systems . She had a stroke and lay on the floor til a neighbor did her daily check. Died around age 80, but lived her way. That's my goal.
I'm thinking more and more that that's my goal, too. Home health care is being developed more and more to suit the boomer generation. Sure beats institutions, no matter how posh.
I plan to die here where I live - a townhouse in four levels. If I can no longer handle the stairs (an inconceivability anyway) that will be the signal that my life is over. Not my time of breathing, but my life. (As Tennyson wrote in "Ulysses", "As if to breathe were life"). So when my life is over, that will be the signal to find a way to terminate my time of breathing as well.
if they have the money/willingness to allow "hired help" to maintain their homes...OK. If children are expected to everything, that's pure selfish
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Our life may be more in our own power than we think. At any rate, the personal answer to the question can drive one's thinking about how and where to retire.
