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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of people can't handle the stairs past a certain age. Both my mom and MIL (in their 80s) have a problem with stairs.  My mom moved to a ranch when she was in her 60s. They knew stairs was going to be an issue eventually so why wait.

My MIL, oth, was adamant that she could handle the stairs and refused to move when she was in her 60s.  FFW to 80, and she was having issues, but she still did nothing to move.  We've all been telling her to move for the past 10 years.  She finally made the move, but it was more painful than it had to be.  She couldn't do anything herself so she had to rely on movers (which she paid for ) and her children, who had to take time off to help her.

Don't be selfish, OP. Don't wait till it's too late to be able to make the move on your own.  My parents were able to do everything on their own because they were healthy enough at 60 something.  [/quote]

60s is not 80s. I think that is the whole point here? No one suddenly becomes elderly and infirmed at 60 and has to move our, unless, of course one is not healthy at 60 or 70. One can suddenly get sick  at 45, too. [/quote]

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