Update on my move to assisted living.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

67. You are doing what many of us are going to need to do at some point.

I can't imagine just how hard it is. But you are being both brave and pro-active in figuring out where you need to be as you go through this life. So many people simply ignore this, and wind up in a huge crisis because they refused to consider the possibility that they might not be able to live on their own forever.

I'm now 69 years old, currently in excellent health and (so far as I can tell) still quite with it mentally. I'm also divorced and live alone. I have one living adult son. I also have decent financial resources, and I know I'm very lucky that way. I constantly think about what I'll do in the future, if I'll be in independent or assisted living. I honestly hope that I can find my way to a good independent living place that also has assisted living, nursing home, and memory care units, in case my health deteriorates significantly or I get dementia.

I've been told by various professionals that there's a window of opportunity for a person to move into assisted living, and if that window is missed it's almost impossible to get them to move. Or they don't live very long thereafter.

I've been reading your posts here for a very long time (I was here under a different name at one point) and I feel as if you're a friend of a sort. I do hope you continue to keep us posted on what you're doing. I know I appreciate learning about this process through you. And I hope you stay with DU absolutely as long as you can.