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Recycles dryer sheets
My wife and I toured a CCRC today; the prices listed above seem quite low in comparison, but I live in a fairly expensive part of the country (Puget Sound, WA state).
This was quite a nice facility, type 'A', and overall I could see us living there with the caveat that we're 67 and the average age of residents there is 78. You could see the difference just walking around in communal areas --- the occasional walker in use, people moving more slowly, we definitely felt like the young kids there. Lots of smiles, seemed like a nice place, but I'm more than hesitant in moving to somewhere like that now.
My current theory is that we might move to a 55+ community and then in another decade or more, hope that (a) our health is such that we can still be accepted into a CCRC, and (b) that we can find an opening without too long on a waiting list at that time.
It's really a crap-shoot, but I'd rather be somewhere now with a higher energy level with more outdoor activities available.
This was quite a nice facility, type 'A', and overall I could see us living there with the caveat that we're 67 and the average age of residents there is 78. You could see the difference just walking around in communal areas --- the occasional walker in use, people moving more slowly, we definitely felt like the young kids there. Lots of smiles, seemed like a nice place, but I'm more than hesitant in moving to somewhere like that now.
My current theory is that we might move to a 55+ community and then in another decade or more, hope that (a) our health is such that we can still be accepted into a CCRC, and (b) that we can find an opening without too long on a waiting list at that time.
It's really a crap-shoot, but I'd rather be somewhere now with a higher energy level with more outdoor activities available.