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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As parents age they may not make the right decisions about where to live. For example they may refuse to move out of their house when it's too much to maintain, too far away from family and support. It imposes a hardship on the family and caregivers. Move them before it's too late[/quote]

+1.  My MIL passed away a few years ago and the last two or three years were awful.  She was virtually a shut-in and probably clinically depressed after FIL died, yet refused to move either to a senior facility near her small hometown or to be in the same city as one of her adult children.  My DH and his siblings rotated visiting and caring for their mom, burning through vacation time, so that she could stay in her own home hundreds of miles from any of us.  Due to health issues she didn't go out much, and so was really alone almost all the time.

Similar to a PP, she went into the hospital for an outpatient procedure, something went wrong and she never made it home again having to transfer instead to a rehab and nursing facility.  She might have been so much happier had she been in a community of others her age rather than at home alone during her final years.   If OP's mom is open to a setting that provides her with physical and social-emotional wellness, I'd say go for it.  [/quote]

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