Don't age!
You seem to have a very limited view or had children that took advantage of you. My parents have lived here over 10 years. There was a 3 month period that i stayed with them to get one my feet, which i did. I then moved on. Now, I live JUST outside the villages, in a retirement community. I'm not retired. Not only do I work, but I'm also going to school. This is not my ideal place to live. I stay hear because one of two parents became ill and began a life where he needed A LOT of help. It's too much for my Mom alone, so I'm close enough to help. See, here's what you don't seem to get, people still AGE after moving here. They were once healthy seniors playing golf, etc. I guess they should have realized that before buying into the villages, and chosen somewhere that people still AGE. Nonetheless, here I am, helping. Now, there will come a day that my father will pass and my mom will still live in her house and SHE'LL need help. When that help becomes more constant, you BET that I will MOVE IN WITH HER and be right by her side, lending a hand. I won't wait til she can't function. I'll do it while we can still enjoy each other's company. I'll run errands with her, go to doctors (that have been INCREDIBLE with my father), and I'll basically be a VILLAGER.
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