Continuing Care Retirement communities, senior residences - - what do you think?

[marybourg]

11. No, I'm not. As I said upthread, I'm in my early 80's

as are all my friends and neighbors in my 55+ retirement community and am very much current with the facts and issues. People who you would think should be in skilled nursing or memory care are staying in assisted living, sometimes with extra help, because it is cheaper ( for those who are self-pay) and pleasanter than skilled nursing or memory care. A friend who is in a lower-end Independent Living facility says that a goodly number of residents even in *her* facility should really be in memory care. There is a kind of placement deflation going on because of high costs and general dread of skilled nursing homes.