What an eye opener, we dream of our retirement. I want the luxury of life, because I worked hard for 50 years. I am one of those first 10,000 and I want to help some of my generation find what they want. This is not going to be what everyone wants or is thinking. Some have been more fortunate than others landing good jobs that have allowed you to save for retirement. Others are relying on Social Security and a small savings.
Here is a great option if you are still feeling as young as you did when you were in college. So many of us are old on the outside but we feel about 30 if we don't look in the mirror. Shared apartment living for seniors is right down your alley. Get a nice two bedroom two bathroom apartment so you have privacy and choose a person that is like minded as you are to share the apartment.
Retirement communities today have nice two bedroom apartments that cost around $2900 dollars, but if two share that apartment the cost of the second person drops to $400. If two people share the $3300 expense it cost each $1650 monthly. What a bargain for what is given in return.
There are some huge differences in personalities and lifestyles between people as they age. The better we are at choosing a person that fits our likes and dislikes the better it will work. The resort lifestyle or senior communities offer a large array of wonderful pleasures. Look at what life can be in a great community.
Starting with your social well being sharing your great personality with others your age is an experience. They want to know about you and you will want to know about them and what better way to do this than in a group setting breakfast, lunch or dinner. We have ways to meet people your age and get to know them before you even think about a possible shared apartment. Make an effort to have lunch with a group of seniors your age thinking of the possibility of sharing an apartment and getting acquainted. I'll tell you more about that later.
These surroundings enable a person to take great interest in activity. Why, because staying active is a proven way to extend life and you have a far greater quality of living. Being alone is not fun, I know because I have been involved in retirement living for the past eighteen years and my friends that I have talked with tell me they were alone in the home and had feelings of loneliness. Who has some medical concerns that make you think if someone else lived with you it would make you feel a little more at ease about your problem. Although the children do not live that far away they just don't have the time to visit often. Sometimes we have to call them or want to call them late in the night if we feel bad. We don't though because we know they have a job to go to in the morning and they need their sleep. I am an expert, you can ask my mother.
Where is a place where a group of people live together and have fun sharing cards, social hours, movies, entertainment, meals and fitness centers. Group activity are fun, it has a small amount of competition to it and at any age that is still fun. Some properties have huge theatres with a stage, dance floor and 20X20 movie screen with sofa seating. They have fitness centers with state-of-the-art equipment for staying in shape and keeping your muscles strong. This is something doctors and professionals have found that gives people a better quality of life as the get older.
I have seen mothers and fathers look very frail and sickly when they approach a community to look at what they could be sharing with others their age. I have also found that after they were there they found friends, ate well, started getting active and the children came to me and said what did you do with my mother, that is not her. She is enjoying life more now than ever and she is happy again.
I started getting involved in senior life as a middle aged person and have been in it long enough that I am a senior now. I know what I will want when I make that decision to give up the job I am doing. Here are a few things offered that I like and a few items that I know I don't want.
1. I like to eat on my time, I don't want someone telling me I have to be at breakfast at 7:00 am,
Lunch at 11:30 am and dinner starts at 5:00 pm and say to me if you are not here you can't eat.
2. I want to have my car brought to the front door so I can jump in and go. I don't want to go
out to the back or down in some parking garage under ground and get my car.
3. I want to have company when I want.
4. I want to be able to have friends or family stay the night if they so choose.
5. I want a place my family can stay close when they come from far away to see me.
6. I want a drink once in a while with a friend .
7. I want of know I have someone close at hand through the night to make a call if I need medical
assistance.
8. I want to be able to offer friends a sandwich if they are hungry.
9. Travel with the best accommodations, food, fun and friends
It is time to start thinking about sharing a senior apartment with a friend that can help us keep our cost affordable with other persons with the same interests and likes that would make you and your new found friend a great new lifestyle. Start think about shared senior housing or apartments.
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