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Originally Posted by DruannB
A wanting to live attitude, as opposed to being in GOD's waiting room.
Before I visited, I envisioned people with walkers, sitting around, ignored, unloved. That is not what I saw. But those people must be somewhere in TV, right?
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We visited TV in December 2012, partly to visit an old friend, partly to look at Freedom Pointe. We had been told that Betsy would never fully recover from a fall down a flight of stairs in June 2012 and that we should be somewhere (like a continuing care retirement community) which had easy access into assisted living. Since we had had a fairly active life style (Betsy hiked down into the Grand Canyon twice) as well as challenging professional careers.
The only CCRC that we liked was the Forrest at Duke (which was started by professors, doctors, and lawyers). Saw a lot of sad people at the rest we looked at.
Visiting TV, we saw happy, laughing people who were busy dancing, golfing, walking, and playing. We decided that we might was well live until we die. So we bought a house and moved here. Betsy went walking every day while I did the furniture, curtains, etc stuff. By the time we went back north to get the rest of our stuff, she had stopped using her walker.
There are people with walkers here and ones with wheelchairs. You may not notice many of them because they are busy, too. There are a number of assisted living facilities in and around TV. There are folks living at SumterPlace who golf everyday (it's inside TV). Some folks reach the point where they need skilled nursing or hospice. Their friends visit them and help with that final voyage. You may have noticed that the newer houses in TV are built to be barrier free, making it easier to safely get around. There's home health care if you want to stay in your home.
There are folks who are homebound for any number of reasons. You haven't met them yet and you may or may not meet them. There are folks who are unhappy here (you'll read about some of them on TV). Most of us are reasonably happy. We do as much (or as little) as we want. But mostly, we are determined to live until we die.
Welcome to TV. Prepare for your next adventure.