There is one age-restricted community in the development I live in and it is welcome to many of the residents here who feel that it will still be with their friends and Neighbors when they are less able to care for themselves. When my father was dying of pancreatic cancer he was in an age-restricted community in Florida, and my son and I moved in with him to help him to die. They allowed my son to be there with us, not on the lease but as a temporary resident, as I was, to make sure my father had all he needed so I guess I don't know when they cause a problem. What was great about the one my father lived in was the neighbors who had just met him because he had just moved in still cared that he was there and some of them became regulars in our lives as they helped us through the process of allowing my father to leave and go, we hope, to my mother. Here in Virginia I guess there are a part of the community not isolated or in a block of just apartments for seniors or something so it's not a separate place it's a part of us. What happens where you are?

Don’t move to Sun City. It’s a non stop swinger party down there.

@A MyMSTeam Member Discrimination occurs both ways. This time I believe it's an acceptable use. If it were up to me, I'd move into one pronto, but our current situation is financially viable for now in this tumultuous real estate market. Actually, I've been a fan of senior housing buildings since I was a teenager. My wife isn't.

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We live in an O55 community in Canberra, Australia. We do not own our property. Rather, we can live here until circumstances dictate that it is no longer suitable for us. We - or our children - will get 2/3 of the price we paid. The community is managed by Baptist care in Australia. We paid a sizeable fee to move here. It has everything that I, with PPMS, could want to keep progression at bay. A gym, a heated pool, appropriate units with wide halls, grab rails and self opening doors and a cafe etc. There is a physio that visits weekly.
I would have been forced out of our home as my disease progressed. I couldn't maintain it as it needed. Here, all repairs and maintenance is covered by our fortnightly fees
The cost we paid was significantly less than that which we received from the sale of our home. This meant that we have been able to assist both of our adult daughters (and our grandkiddies) into homes of their own. So in moving here, we boomers have allowed 4 families to move into homes. Our daughters, the buyers of our home, and us.

My cousin and her husband moved into one. They really like being there. The community provides many activities my cousin likes and it's closer to my aunt and uncle (her parents).
Like Barb our home is paid for and I have no intention to leave it. It's my home and I love having my dogs and chickens. No matter what I'm staying here.