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Most of my mom's extended family lives in The Villages, I've been there quite a few times. It's a nice place and my grandparents have few complaints about how things are run.


Have you had discussions with your mom's extended family about what should happen as they near the end of their lives?

My grandparents moved to Hot Springs Village in their 60s. Grandpa died this year (after having a major heart attack with EMS more than 45 minutes away...) and they hadn't really discussed what to do with the house, or Grandma now that she's losing her faculties. She certainly can't stay in the house because there's no help for her and she cannot live by herself.

I'm reading this thread because my aunt and uncle moved to the Villages, and it's really split them from the rest of the family. My parents and I disagree with their choice strongly. We intend to stay as mentally and physically active as possible as long as we can; to do this we're going to put ourselves in places where we're around people of varying ages who will open us up to new ideas, that have good medical infrastructure, and we're going to live in places where we aren't dependent on cars.


Many times. My grandmother was a hospice nurse for most of her career.




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