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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just discussing this with my uncle.  He and aunt are planning to retire and downsize soon (early 60’s).  Their 3 kids all live in different states and the only one who might someday have kids is too transient to move to, so they are not sure where to go.  I told him what I wish my mom would do:
1) Move now while they are still healthy and active so they have good years to build a new community by going to church, joining clubs, volunteering, etc.  
2) pick an area that isn’t too expensive but does have decent hospitals/medical system and a good sized airport
3) Any area like that likely also has enough people to support things like uber, instacart, taskrabbit, etc.
3) Find a home that they can age in place with a bedroom on the ground floor w/ accessible bathroom and either condo or not too big of a lot.  If they want room to host a house might make sense but smaller is better!

Instead my widowed mom is in a huge house on a huge lot high in snowy mountains 45 minutes from the nearest city in good weather. There are no direct flights from pretty much anywhere. She has lived there 4 years but insists that if she has a fall or illness her church friends will be her care team.  I am sure they will all drop everything for the months or years recovery from a major setback can take at her age. [/quote]
You want them to move somewhere new where they don’t know anyone?[/quote]

DP, but yes, assuming she cares about having friends and community.

A woman on my street (you know, one of those paradises with people of all ages) stayed in her house until three months before she died, when her son moved her into the only place with room.

Maybe she'd have taken that deal if she'd known how it would end, but I compare it with my parents' CCRC, where they lived happily and independently for 15 years until one parent needed to move up to assisted living.

It is expensive, though. [/quote]

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