In Senior Years--moving in with your kids or? - Page 2

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

no way

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Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

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Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

While I don't think it is ideal to move in with family member when you are unable to take care of yourself, many people don't really have a choice.

i took in a family member when she broke her hip and she lived with us for nine months. She wanted to go back home...and she did, but I can tell you that it has been more work for me taking care of her in her own home.

She doesn't drive anymore and I am her taxi. I also do her grocery shopping. She usually runs out of money and I end up buying her groceries.

I have gotten several calls where she fell and she can't get back up. I worry because her mind is not what it used to be. Recently while cooking, she dropped stuffed shells into water to boil instead of covering them with sauce and baking them, Oh, there a whole lot more.

She can't go into assisted living or a nursing home. This requires a ton of money she doesn't have.

I hope I never have to depend on others to take care of me, but the future is uncertain. No one knows what is ahead. Never say never.

Catiele · ‎08-20-2012

Moving in with my kids wouldn’t happen. Moving next door maybe. I say that because my son and his wife are building a new house next door to the house they live in. We would consider that. The property is across the street from the ocean. I love the ocean. The house is an older cape.

Daysdee · ‎03-09-2010

I already live alone. I hope to stay in my home and later on if I can't be alone I hope to be able to have home care. I know my kids would help out, but I would choose not to live with them. They need to have their own lives.

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

I think being neighbors or having a separate mil quarter/small casita (next to the main home) is more ideal. Not always the case, and one has to adjust.

Fiero Woman · ‎10-02-2017

My daughter wouldn't have it anyother way. They have a very spacious house in Colorado Springs, seperate quarters for visitors -with its own garage. All of our lives we were military and lived in Europe with no family. We had each other. She is a military wife and carries on that tradition, especially as an only child. I will live here in Florida as long as possible. Colorado is beautiful but last Christmas it was 12 below zero for 7 days.. I never left the house. God has a plan for everyone and mine could change at any minute.

In-x-s · ‎03-09-2010

After my father-in-law passed away, my brother-in-law and his wife sold their home and used the proceeds to remodel mother-in-laws old farm house making her a bedroom/bathroom suite on the first floor. She was miserable! Thought it was a great idea but she once told me she once had a home, now she has a room.

By the time she passed away they were barely on speaking terms.

bonnielu · ‎03-11-2010

Hopefully no. I have four daughers. I would like to be nearby but I doubt that will happen because they all moved away and we are still in our original home. Closest daughter is 4 hours away.

Brigitta · ‎03-10-2010

Never! My husband and I are moving to a Continuing Care church afflliated retirement community. We moving into a beautiful villa. As our health demands, we'll move into quarters designed to meet our needs. We already know many people who live there and are excited to arrive. We are both turning 77 this summer, so we thought this was a good time to make the move. We're in good health and will be able to enjoy the social activities that are available.