Preparing a home for sale is never an easy task-- especially if the home embodies a family history or represents many years of stability. Accumulated memories and belongings often get in the way. But, once you have made a resolute decision to transition to an alternative lifestyle, subsequent steps are easier. If the time has come to consider a move to assisted living, Cincinnati style, summer can be the perfect time to start your transition.
Aging is one of the few absolute certainties of life.
While there are many things we can plan for in life, even the unexpected, but just as many that we cannot even begin to anticipate. When your parents’ health begins to deteriorate, there are a lot of things that you’ll need to consider and accommodate.
It can be a challenge to make sure that your parents are well-taken care of as they get older—especially when you have to take into account their future care needs. There are so many different scenarios and situations to consider.
It can be difficult for a senior living on a fixed income to cover necessary expenses like rent or medical bills, but it’s easy enough to find local, state and, federal programs that can help older adults on lower incomes cover their current and future care expenses.
It's hard to fund retirement living on Social Security alone.
There are plenty of options for affordable senior living in Cincinnati, but that isn’t a cure for all your financial worries. The inflation of prices can make living on a fixed income stressful and unsettling, even if you have less expensive rent.
If your home is starting to feel a little too empty or you don’t want to undertake the extensive remodeling your home would need to keep you living safely, it may be time that you took retirement living to a retirement community.
And whether you’re moving into a retirement community or empty nest syndrome has you looking to downsize, the first step in a successful move to retirement living is selling your home—no mean feat in Greater Cincinnati’s unpredictable real estate market.
Long-term and end of life planning is even less popular than the idea of getting older, but it is an integral part of healthy aging. How else will you ensure that your family respects your personal decisions about how you want your finances or healthcare to be managed if you are in no position to make your wishes known when you need care?
Read through our checklist on end of life and financial planning for the elderly to see some of the documents you should have on hand, then check out this article by A Place for Mom to see how you can safely gather and store all of your important documents at your home or retirement community.
At Episcopal Retirement Homes, we know that when you’re thinking about your senior living, you want to make the right choice the first time around. In order to find a place where you can live well into the future, there are a few things to think about to make sure your needs are met as you age.
