Articles About Aging In Place
- Will You Be Able to Sell Your Home?
Most middle-aged boomers and older seniors have amassed a lot of equity in their homes. But in a depressed economy, will they get the home prices they expect when they sell--especially since they'll have a lot of competition when prices improve? Here's how to maximize your nest egg when you sell, and to find other ways to tap into your home equity.
- Will You Be Able to Move Down to Another Home?
Although most middle-aged boomers and older seniors will remodel their homes so that they can "age in place," eventually they will want to move to a smaller place such as an active adult community, assisted living, or some other form of senior housing. The problem: At least for smaller urban homes and apartments, there will be a lot of competition from the echo boomer generation.
- Sell or Stay? The Coming Competition for Senior Housing
Middle-aged boomers and their older parents will be looking for smaller homes and other types of living arrangements, including active adult, assisted living facilities and other types of senior housing as they get older. But they will be facing competition from a surprising source: their children and grandchildren.
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities Explained
Among the wide range of housing and care options available to seniors is an option called the continuing care retirement community, or CCRC. Based on the premise of aging-in-place, this unique residential arrangement is gaining popularity across the nation.
- Aging at Home with Intentional Communities
"Intentional communities" enable the elderly to stay at home longer with full access to assisted living services and thus offering respite for the primary caregiver.
- How to Know if Your Aging Parent Needs a Caregiver
When will you know when your aging parents need help? Family members should look for certain warning signs to determine if their elderly parent needs help.
- New Caregivers: Get a Health Assessment for Your Parent
Being a new caregiver is overwhelming, but getting organized and gaining knowledge about your parent's health can start to get your life in order and reduce some caregiver stress.
- Siblings Who Care More About The Inheritance Than Parents' Care
What to do if your siblings care more about getting an inheritance than giving your elderly mom or dad the quality care they need and deserve?
Q&A with the Experts on Aging In Place
- How can I find a qualified builder to remodel a home for elderly parents?
Now is a good time to find builders to help make your senior parents house safe and easily accessible with modifications. The key is to know what questions to ask building contractors to make sure you get the best quality at the best price.
- What height should grab bars be installed at?
There is generally no mandated height requirement or placement locations for grab bars in a single family home. Your bars should be placed at a height that feels most comfortable and secure. Read full answer.
News about Aging In Place
- Seniors' Home Equity Falls Sharply
Even though senior home prices remain depressed, Americans over the age of 62 still had $3.21 trillion in home equity in the first quarter of 2011, according to the latest NRMLA/RiskSpan Mortgage Market Index. But that's far below peak levels, meaning the elderly have less borrowing power when it comes to home equity loans, lines of credit and reverse equity mortgages. Still many older people are paying down their mortgages anyway.