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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A four bedroom house is incredibly difficult and time consuming to keep up with general maintenance and cleanliness, particularly as you get older. If you’ve only ever lived in a one bedroom apartment as an adult, this is something you wouldn’t understand. So, no, I don’t think your elderly parents would actually want to move in with you, but at some point they might want to live somewhere easier for them to manage. [/quote]

My parents have a 4 bedroom house.  They do not use all the space obviously, but they have kept their home pretty minimalistic in terms of possessions, and so they do not have a problem in keeping the house maintained.

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Which is great, for now. My parents were happy with their 3 bedroom house with a few stairs (no full flight of stairs) until my dad died at 84 and mom (80) started having trouble with her mobility and managing all of it. She and my sister bought a new place together with a 1st floor master for mom, 2nd floor master + a couple other bedrooms for my sister and her two teens (sister is divorced). It works well for all of them. Mom has company, sister can easily see how she's doing, the teens help out. If mom had wanted to her own apartment we'd have helped that happen but it would have been more of a burden on my sister (the rest of us siblings live across the country) to check in on her and help with stuff vs. being in the same home.[/quote]

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