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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I responded earlier but the choices aren't just 1) stay in house with a lot of stairs or 2) move to 55+ community

You can move to a one-level house (or at least a house with a bedroom and full bath on the first floor). Or move to a one-level condo in a walkable neighborhood.[/quote]

We've been trying to get my 80-year-old parents to consider that option - but they just can't find anything they like more than they like staying put. My mother has Parkinson's and osteoporosis and is living in a house where her bedroom is on the second floor and she can't walk to anything - but the only condo she likes is $1 million (the others don't have enough living space, she says) and she doesn't want to spend that much. Every one-level house has this wrong with it or that wrong with it. Inertia and status quo bias is a heckuva thing.

Won't seriously consider building or converting a bedroom on the first floor, either. Just, convinced that everything is fine, it's all fine.

Anyway, just to say that yes of course these are options - and someone who isn't committed to moving or isn't being forced to move may find a way not to enjoy any of these options.[/quote]

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