Choosing Retirement Accommodation

Retirement choices are seldom about bricks and mortar, they are about people. Your retirement village neighbours are literally with you for life, and not all of them are easy to get on with.

Perhaps when choosing retirement accommodation, we should spend less time examining the bricks and mortar and more time investigating our potential new neighbours. Spend one hour looking at the cottage that you are interested in, and two days talking to the neighbours, the matron, the chairperson, the cook, and any local pets which may be fortunate enough to be allowed to reside in the village.

Source: Henry Spencer, Positive Ageing Consultant and writer, halfmens@telkomsa.net, www.henryspencerauthor.com

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