[Gnome1949]

Overlooked in this discussion is how older couples do not WANT to move.

It is not just their “shelter.” This is their comfort zone. Many prefer to die in their own, long-time home.

Late in life, many do not want the daunting challenge of downsizing, getting rid of the things which are a profound part of their history, uprooting themselves and charging into the unknown of choosing another “home” and making huge adjustments. There is an important psychology here of familiarity and anchored living.

This is not about “warehousing” older people. This is about respecting the choices of older people to remain in their familiar homes THEY LOVE.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

It is not just their “shelter.” This is their comfort zone. Many prefer to die in their own, long-time home.

My parents were that way, I couldn't reason with them to move out of their 2 story w/basement home (with no toilet on the main floor). For the last 3 months of my mom's life she never left the couch, they used a portable potty. I literally had to carry my mom out of the house into a nursing home where she passed 4 days later. When I was trying to get them to move late 90s early 2000 they could have gotten $150K for their Detroit house, when my dad finally sold in 2010 he was lucky to get $15K. And he only moved out because he fell doing yard work and wasn't able to move for about an hour. Very frustrating.

[MayflowerMadam]

That’s beautifully put.