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What age do people consider moving into a CCRC ?
I haven't started SS yet, and think of myself as too young to be in an old folks home.
You would be young for the CCRC's DW and I have been visiting this past couple of years.
Visit 2 - 3 for guest events and ask questions about entry requirements and the typical ages for new clients, average age of all residents, etc. Then park that info until you feel your age and current lifestyle would make a CCRC a good fit for you. That might be never, your mid-70's or later depending on your aging and health progression.
I think it's a good thing to learn about CCRC's and their various types of financial arrangements and physical accommodations long before need. Because getting in on a Life Care Plan (Type A) contract depends on being fully independent, you might enter a period of declining health in your life where you need to act quickly to be admitted.
Pay-as-you-go type CCRC's are available too. One of the popular posters on this board, Imolderthanyou, (hope I got that right) and his DW lived in one SW of Chicago. He posted very favorably regarding their experience there. Those types of contracts provide no LTCI component but allow admissions for folks less than fully independent.
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