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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much longer do you expect they would live? These Arlington retirement communities are sacked with fees. If they are pretty independent, you don't need that. Sunrise is around 3-4K a month, on top of a condo purchase, and Goodwin is around $2-3K a month. If they live 25 more years that's almost a million dollars in FEES
I would prefer to buy a house or condo close by and do most of the Maintenance myself until they really need assistance.  For myself, I am helping my parents buy a place in a very walkable area by a metro but it's also less than a mile away, so I can pop in to help. Better than losing it in fees. Is a senior community important? You could get a condo right beside Jefferson and they can meet friends but not pay the fee :)[/quote]

Just pointing out that as they get older their health might prevent them living at the house that you helped your parents to buy. Its not necessarily about lawn care or keeping the paint nice once in a while, its about whether they'll remember they left the stove on, if they get disoriented after being alone outside for more than a few minutes at the time, if they can still read the instructions on their medicine or bathing products, if they can be 'trusted' to use or answer the phones...

As someone who just went through hell with a 80-yr-old grandparent with dementia I can tell you, its nothing like I expected and a solid relief to have the assisted living place take over. [/quote]

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