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My senior friends and I have returned to this subject several times during what we call our “end of time” planning. Where will we live if we begin to need help? How much can we reasonably expect from our families? What can we arrange now so that a medical emergency does not make the decision for us?
For many of us, the preference is to stay home. That can be a sound choice, provided we build a workable plan around it. The aim is to preserve the parts of life we value while making sure that help is dependable and the demands on other people are understood.
An MSN article by Kristin Hitchcock prompted this discussion. Its five alternatives to assisted living are useful starting points, but its headline about retirees leaving “in droves” goes beyond the evidence presented. Preference for staying home is not proof of a mass departure from assisted living. The more useful question is which arrangement will work for each of us.[1]