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[quote=Anonymous]My childless aunt is in her 80s and does just fine on her own.  She's a snowbird who still travels by car from her home on the East coast to FL every fall and then back home in April.  She usually travels with her friend who is also a widower.

She even left early FL before COVID-19 got terrible down there, slept in her car to avoid a hotel, and made the trip in 2 days instead of the normal 3 days of spaced out leisure travel.

She's still mentally very sharp and pretty healthy for being in her 80s.  My family and I visit her a few times each year but she has zero interest in leaving her home and living with us or any other family members.

In FL, she lives in a gated community for 65+ people.  They are one level SF homes, not like a residential unit situation.  There's an urgent care within the gated community that's open until midnight, I think (can't remember).  There's also a cafe there that's only for residents and a large community center that hosts different events each day.  Everyone just drives their golf carts around the neighborhood and they can take the community bus out to grocery stores and other stores.  They also do big greyhound type bus trips for residents to other places like Disney, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, etc.

When she's in PA, she also lives in a gated community that's for 55+.  Her place there is an attached condo.  Again, all one level but very spacious.  Many of the same amenities but no urgent care onsite.  They do have their own church onsite, though.     [/quote]

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