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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question
Aging Well | Last Active: Feb 13 12:35pm | Replies (529)Comment receiving replies
My husband now has end stage Parkinson's, He's 82 and is bed bound. If I had known about the stages they go through I would have sold my townhouse condo and bought a house with everything on the first floor. you really don't know when they are sliding into a different stage. You have to consider emergencies as well. If you have stairs things will get really difficult as time goes on. It's better to think about this now than wait. Believe me I've been there.
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Hi, @lynnmommie57
You are absolutely right and I agree with you that it's better to consider these various possibilities beforehand. And, thankfully, that is what I did when I bought my home just before I retired. At the time, I lived in a third floor apartment. And at that time, it was easy for me to run up and down three flights of stairs. The first place I considered buying had a first floor, second floor, and basement. But in talking with my realtor, we came to the conclusion that I should buy a ranch home because who knows how long I would be able to negotiate three floors. As it turned out, in the course of time, I had a problem that required me to be on crutches for a while. I was so glad that everything was on just one floor!