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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's a multi-step community she is onsite and more easily can move from independent living to assisted to nursing care when the time comes.  Living in a community of fellow seniors so a social setting that may work for her.  No landscaping or house upkeep.  Less reliance on you.[/quote]

I guess I just don't see the difference from living in an apartment, with no landscaping or upkeep, and with lots of on-site ammeneties like grocery, dry-cleaner, concierge, security and maintenace staff... if she may not need that level of nursing care someday, is it worth the extra cost to start off in a community? I do agree that the social aspect would be nice, especially since she'd be fully relocating from out of the area. [/quote]

[b]My mom is in a CCRC, and one of the nice things about all the tasks that get done for her is that she doesn't have to arrange or notice anything. The cleaners just show up every other week; maintenance keeps track of what's how old and when it needs to be replaced, or if other residents start having a problem with something, the maintenance guys just check all the units to see if they're having a problem, too. You don't have to make any sort of arrangements for transportation, you just call the person in charge of that and they find someone for you. Healthcare, banking, haircuts, footcare, minor groceries (bread, milk) are available without a trip to the store. [/b]

And yes, she can walk to see all her friends.

I guess you could live in Leisureworld if you wanted to move to a new place among strangers when you have a healthcare crisis, but that sounds terrible to me. [/quote]

Yes!  It's like having concierge service.  My DH and I joke that we want to move in too to have all that taken care of.  Do they take 40 year olds?  [/quote]

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