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We seriously looked into the Lewes Delaware area as a possible retirement site and actually visited with a high school friend of my husband and her spouse for dinner and saw their lovely home with one floor living and a lower basement.  In talking, when her husband mentioned he would be going to Wilmington about two hours north for a knee replacement at some point, I realized that it was likely that medical facilities for more extensive conditions and traveling for those services would need to be considered carefully.  Just driving out to Lewes from the DMV as we do like that area, you can see how "remote" from major health care services one could be.  We were also considering services for a daughter with an intellectual disability who is used to working part-time and a variety of activities all within perhaps 20 minutes maximum of where we live now.  In general in Delaware, there just seemed like there was going to be a lot more driving for services that all three of us have more at hand where we are.  However, Lewes is a lovely place.

Also from having parents who went between Cape Cod and Naples for over 25 years in retirement, you realize that evaluating a place 65-70, it is hard to look at the needs which likely increase for most 85-90.  I also think at least researching places with assisted living, memory care as well as skilled nursing are also important aspects.  My parents were in the Boston area and did move into a CCRC at about age 92 which offered memory care just when my mother needed it, and my dad remained in independent living until he passed away in late August after a 3-week decline.  There was a saying that you went to Naples at 65 and you went back home at 85 as my folks outlived all who started with them in their community down there.

Another area on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that we actually enjoyed going to visit and bike the rails to trails on is Kent Island, and from I have seen there are some new retirement communities there, too.  It is right off of the Bay Bridge so closer to Annapolis and DC possibly for health care issues.   [/quote]

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