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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Buy a condo or rent an apartment when one level living is needed.  Pay for cleaners and other help with tasks as needed.

Eventually, if this isn't enough, move to an assisted living that has varying level of support so both me and my spouse can be accommodated at the same place in the event that we have differing needs.  This has worked well for older people that we know, and for their children.[/quote]

Oh- also adding- that right now, the best thing I do is not accumulate junk.  I clean our house out 2-3 times a year.  Definitely not doing to my kids what my parents are doing to me and my siblings.[/quote]

Good idea.  Do a Swedish Death Cleanse when you are in your late 50s and early 60s.  Sell everything you don't need on FB market place.  Simplify so that you or your kids don't have to do that.

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This is hilarious.  Unless you plan on living for 20 plus years (from your early 60s on) with nothing but a bed, table and 2 dining chairs, you’ll have plenty of junk.  That lovely decorated living room of yours?  When your kids have to dispose of it, it becomes junk.  Ditto your curated wardrobe.[/quote]

Nope. You are wrong.

You will  live comfortably, safely and  richly if  you declutter and get rid of hoarded stuff.

Keep everything that you use regularly, but give away or sell or trash the stuff that you don't.

If you have a well-appointed home with comfortable furniture and personal items...they are easy to tackle by your family members after you die.   But, it is the hoarded up stuff that you don't use...that is hard to go through.

Also, the less stuff you keep hoarded up, the less you have to take care of it.  It is easier on you and your caregivers.  It frees you up to live your life well.  You become more social because you are not stressed about your dirty and cluttered home.  You can age in place for longer in such a home.  You can spend your free time following passions that will keep your mind agile and body young.

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