How to have the Retirement Home Conversation
Having traced this article from the New York Times we thought immediately of sharing it with you here. It’s called How to Talk About Moving to a Retirement Home by Peter Finch.
It’s full of insights on moving to retirement home from both the senior’s perspective and their children’s. Here’s one that’s particularly interesting:
One way to make retirement communities more attractive is to frame the move as a gift to their children. “It’s really removing the responsibility of caring for the parents, of not having to make frantic, last-minute arrangements if something changes in their health,” said Lesley Sargent, a residency counselor at the Sagewood retirement community in Phoenix.
If this piece has gripped you, give the rest of the article a quick going over…