Recently widowed, an older woman is up on a ladder changing a smoke alarm battery and realizes that if she falls she has no one to help her, she doesn’t know her neighbors anymore, even though her husband was president of their now inactive neighborhood association. So, she joins a Village, and is so appreciative that she writes a beautiful testimonial about its importance in her community.
A very independent couple suddenly find themselves both disabled.
Let’s face it: getting older is expensive.
Even the best savers can find themselves ill prepared to pay for everything that comes with aging, such as health care, housing and transportation.
