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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Because this is a 55+ community, it stands to reason that there will be some folks who require 24/7 home health care. Not all home health caregivers are relatives, some are hired employees. Some of them live in the patient's home. My parents have 24/7 home health care, with 2 people working 12 hour shifts 7 days a week. They have different people on weekends, otherwise it's the same two people monday through friday. Each of them has "residence" access because their job requires them to use their own cars to transport my parents in and out of the community for doctors' appointments, grocery shopping, dining out, everything else. And they have access to the pool, because my mom is still able to swim, and the aide needs to be permitted to sit there. Visitors have limited numbers of days per year they're allowed to enter the community - it is a true gated community.
All of these aides are under 40, and they are granted residence status. Even though it is an age-restricted community. They are not related to my parents in any way, shape, or form (though one of them has been calling them Mom and Dad since they met, it's adorable).
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Thank you for the clarification and the details. I assumed that there were some exceptions due to handicaps. And I assumed that it would be only a small % of the residents. I am glad that your parents are happy and getting good care while still living in their own home.
I still wonder why The Villages ownership decided to go with the 80% over 55 for residents instead of making it a HIGHER %. It seems to me that they have PLENTY of would-be buyers over 55 for ANY house to be sold here. I don't see any advantage to anyone for not maximizing the % of over 55 here ?