tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5578304700291581570..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Wisteria, ExtremeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-20494803255511541652014-05-30T12:46:07.676-04:002014-05-30T12:46:07.676-04:00 odd , of wonder ,wander , of this silly of rose... odd , of wonder ,wander , of this silly of roses crushed woman that lucie speaks of , of her not knowing that glenn was not able to vary ,of variations for anyone , of what his being high functioning aut. meant , odd, because i am unschooling some students/of uoft , this summer in a cafe near , of last after noon , no pints , but talk of wine how trellised , , ital. ,fr., and piano .. . annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224316837055308827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-70271862011283826472014-05-30T10:25:33.122-04:002014-05-30T10:25:33.122-04:00L has grandchildren in Atlanta
The best discussio...<b>L has grandchildren in Atlanta</b><br /><br />The best discussion of the issue of <b>where one lives in one's later years</b> which I have seen is in a book by Simmons and MacBean - I have the 2000 edition, <i>Thriving After 55</i>, and have just ordered a copy of the 2006 edition, <i>Thriving Beyond Midlife</i>. Here is a breezy summary from http://retirementmensch.com/?p=518:<br /><br />>>MacBean and Simmons propose five answers to the “Where Will You Live” question.<br /><br />Home Sweet Home is the plan that keeps you in your current residence forever. You will be dragged kicking and screaming into the nursing home or carried out with your boots on. Come hell or high water you are not leaving your home.<br /><br />The Family Plan has you moving in with the “kids”, whether they know it or not. The assumption here is that son & daughter-in-law or daughter and son-in-law will willingly give up one of their bedrooms and their lifestyle to take in mom and/or dad when they can no longer fend for themselves. No one usually talks about this since everything is assumed, and you know what that means.<br /><br />The LifeStyle Resort has you moving into a community of folks just like yourself. The amenities, like clubhouse, trips and community restaurant are included in the buy-in fee and monthly dues. With the resort style you move along with your cohort from activity, to nursing care section, to dementia wing. Bring your money.<br /><br />The New Frontier is a community of like-minded friends and/or family who join together to build a community from scratch: buy the land, build the houses, and live together as one big happy family. Everyone contributes to the New Frontier. Bring your clogs, tie-dyed shirts and guitar.<br /><br />Progressive Retreat is the thinking person’s approach to the future. There is a recognition of the inevitable and a strategy to deal with it. You plan for the time to leave home-sweet-home for assisted living and know what it will take to get you into the nursing home where you can await the grim reaper. Moving in with the kids is never an option.<< <br /><br />[end of quote from retirementmensch.com]<br /><br /><br />MacBean and Simmons give a thorough discussion of the pluses and minuses of each housing option. They embed this in their model of the stages of living past 55 (although one could enter these stages earlier through accident or illness) - <br /><br />"extended middle age"; <br /><br />"the new me" - in which one carries on, but in a significantly different way, adapting to one's limitations; <br /><br />and "the rest of one's life" - pun on "rest" is intended - from this point on one is homebound, and physical activities are much fewer. <br /><br />The transitions between these stages can be gradual, or dramatic. Maybe you will not go through all these stages before dying - but maybe you will.mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-67560069751828586972014-05-30T10:21:39.706-04:002014-05-30T10:21:39.706-04:00Cheers to everybody!
~Cheers to everybody!<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com