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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - any suggestions for good non-profits that are nice with well educated residents? [/quote]

Ingleside is nonprofit (which doesn't mean inexpensive) and the Rock Creek campus is where all of Cleveland Park retires in old age. Very, very educated population. World Bank, lawyers, academics, the usual upper NW population. When I visited a friend there, the only thing I didn't like was that there's no walkable campus. Those who have good mobility can walk out into the surrounding neighborhood, but the campus itself, while nestled among trees, is very hilly and doesn't even have great sidewalks to walk in and out of the complex.

That said, if you want educated, upscale, nonprofit, and close-in, I assume this should be on your list.[/quote]

I'm so glad you mentioned this! We almost did it for father but for a retirement community nestled in rock creek park it's accessibility is trash. Absolute garbage. Unless you are driving or being driven in and out it is the least pedestrian and wheelchair friendly place I've been. [/quote]

Agree. I drove in to check it out and was put off by the location.

Plus it is a CRC and we wanted to pay month to month. Why would I give some random company $500,000-$1 million to move in?!

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Because that $500K is the price to pay so that when you need skilled nursing care/dementia care/assisted living for 1-5+ years, you still pay the same "monthly rent" that you paid when living in Independent living.  And one spouse can stay in independent and other move to "higher level care" and you don't pay anymore (except for the extra meals for the higher level care---3 meals per day).  So now you have 2 apartments/rooms for same price.  And for most, if you "run out of money" you don't pay anything.  My parents live in a nice place where there are currently 4 residents (all women) in their late 90s/100s who have technically run out of money, they pay nothing monthly.  BTW, SS cannot be touched, so it's just your savings that matters.  
Also you don't pay $extra $6-8K/month for memory care. 
Plus the perks are both your parents are at the same facility---they can visit daily, the healthy one can take the other to the apartment for part of the day (if it's still medically feasible).

Heard of too many people whose parents are split and it's a drive so they see each other only 1x/week or less.  In that case the parents deteriorate quickly.

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