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To move near family or stay put

Posted by beckboop13 @beckboop13, Jul 28, 2024

we have been living in a retirement community for 21 years, and our children are encouraging us to move back to our previous community and be near them. We have long-term care insurance which could cover us in either place should we have the need?

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walk4life | @walk4life | 1 day ago
In reply to @sef26 "We now live in a nice large community near beaches in Delaware and our adult children..." + (show)
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We now live in a nice large community near beaches in Delaware and our adult children & grandchildren live 10 to 12 hours away. We are 70 & 74. We like it here & have a few friends here but not very close. We miss our kids & grandkids very much. Our kids visit 1 x year for the beach. We have 3 daughters in their 30’s & 40’s & one is an RN BSN. We always travel to them in Asheville & Nashville for holidays since it hard for them to travel long distance, otherwise we’d be alone. Our kids want us to live closer as we age either in Asheville or Nashville. We both had some medical stuff the past 2 years & are ok now. Since we are pretty healthy & independent now @ 70 & 74 we are discussing whether it makes sense to start looking into moving closer to our children whether it’s Asheville or Nashville area in a 55 plus community.

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@sef26 My husband and I have a vacation home in a small town near Asheville. Our plan was to move there full time when he retired. We have a daughter and her family who live near Charlotte. Well a couple of years after we bought the house, our son and his family moved to the town we are currently in. I see them once a week for Sunday dinner . I often pick up my granddaughter at school and take her to her after school activities. So I wasn’t willing to make the move to NC full time. One concern I have about the Asheville area is not an abundance of hospitals . The primary hospital is now owned by HCA and has had numerous violations for inadequate staffing in ER, etc. The Asheville area is beautiful and we enjoy it. We were fortunate to have no damage from Hurricane Helene in 2024. Good luck in your decision.

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gravity3 | @gravity3 | 6 hours ago
In reply to @celia16 "@kjoed53 , exactly. I think it’s unrealistic to expect it, but many do." + (show)
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@kjoed53 , exactly. I think it’s unrealistic to expect it, but many do.

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@celia16

I agree.

Expectation is the only seed of disappointment.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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