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In reply to the discussion: anyone here live in senior only housing? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,948 posts)Even if you personally are the most difficult person in the entire world, if you choose, you can completely avoid everyone almost all the time in any kind of assisted/independent living facility. But I honestly expect you would find enough residents you'll get along with, to make such a transition worthwhile. Just look at your friends on DU.
Plus, speaking from experience, these places often have amenities and facilities that make senior living good. Transportation to doctors, restaurants, stores. Where I am, anyone who doesn't despise Trump is not speaking up.
I want to encourage you to look at your entire life: physically, emotionally, financially, all relatives considered, and figure out if staying where you are really is the right thing. From what you've said, it may well be, and lucky you for that.
But in any case, group living can be excellent. My situation is not at all like the Golden Girls, who shared a home with several bedrooms. This is an apartment in a three-story building, about 60 or so apartments altogether. A dining room, where three meals are fixed every day. My plan here allows for two meals, and I typically have breakfast and dinner here. Small animals are allowed. I have two cats, and plenty of residents have a dog or two.
Again, I want to emphasize the independence a person has in one of these places. If you are even remotely considering such change, absolutely visit the place you are considering. Better yet, some have unit that potential residents can stay in for a day or two, just to see what the place is all about. Mine doesn't, which is a shame.
Whatever you decide, it's good you are examining your life, what's going on, and what you want and need going forward. I hope you keep us posted on your decision.
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