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When Should We Move to Assisted Living or a CCRC?
This article was originally published in 2021. Updated Sept. 2025 with updates from several people we know, including the couple profiled in the original article. For most people, the answer to the question when is the right time to move to a Life Care community is, "when I get older". It pretty much doesn't matter how old the person is…...
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Seward is one of the most interesting and beautiful small towns in the 49th state, Alaska. It is a relatively recent community, founded in 1912 when Alaska experienced the need for a ice-free port. It is a popular cruise ship destination on the Inland Passage. The picturesque setting is hard to beat – a narrow bay ringed on 3 sides…...
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, is made up of several towns and villages, each offering a different flavor with cultural venues, outdoor recreation, history, waterfronts, shopping and dining. The population was 264,570 in 2020, with the area continuing to grow. New Orleans is approximately 50 miles away across Lake Pontchartrain. Photo of Madisonville's Tchfuncte River Lighthouse that stands on the Saint Tammany…...
Sun City Center (officially Great Sun Center) is an incorporated, age-restricted community about 20 miles south of Tampa and near Ruskin. It is home to an active adult community of the same name, in addition to another called Kings Point. Sun City Center has its own government and about 31,000 residents (2020). Most of the homes single family dwellings, but…...
Westfield is a small city of 41,000 in western Massachusetts near Springfield and north of Hartford, CT. This is a pretty agricultural area on the edge of the Connecticut River Valley that is quite hilly, thanks to the Metacomet Ridge. There are some nice parks in town, as well as Westfield State University. The parks are: Amelia Park Ice Rink…...
