January on Cape Cod! And actually, my car read 56 degrees. Beautiful, soft day!
Seen in the window of Vagabond View.
The major focus of CCEC is to guide clients through the process of deciding what kind of living space is optimum, and then, if a move to a retirement community is the choice, visiting the ones that will work best for the client, usually because of cost and proximity to one or more adult children.
Another option, however, is moving in with adult children. This is a complicated choice for several reasons. The “Granny Pod” would be a subset of this choice, and it’s an interesting consideration.
Take a look at this article from House Beautiful describing this high-tech, “nursing-home-for-one”, backyard cottage concept. Here are some summarizing points: Continue reading
The following article by Julia Little was posted on the Sunrise Senior Living blog.
It used to be that anything past retirement age was considered old, but attitudes are changing, pushing the definition of old age back much later. U.K. news site SWNS reported that a study funded by insurance provider PayingTooMuch.com found that the average person now thinks that old age begins much later.
Survey on seniors
The survey polled 2,000 people over 40 on questions such as what age is considered old and what the most common signs of aging are. Most respondents answered that old age does not begin until 80, which is much later than previous studies have placed the cutoff. Some people polled said that old age was even farther off, with 20 percent responding that it began at 90. Only 17 percent said that old age started at any age before 70. Interestingly, respondents to the survey said that, had they been asked 30 years ago, they would have put the average starting point for old age at just 63. Continue reading