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Where you live matters

 
The United States covers a very large area so it’s mostly impossible to make all-encompassing statements.  For instance, the average American lives to 77.6 years and overall ranks 33 in the world for longevity but where you live matters because there is a deep disparity between parts of the county. 

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Choosing housing that allows you to remain independent

Four years ago, Liz, a retired Federal Way school worker was widowed and struggling financially with balancing the upkeep on her home with her desire to do some of the traveling she and her husband had always planned once they both retired.  She also felt like the large home she loved was simply too large for one person and felt she rattled around in it without someone else. 

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A moving story: finding housing that fits

When you first moved out of your parents’ home you may have lived in an apartment or lived with roommates.  The point is, wherever you lived you didn’t live in the house you lived in when you eventually got married and if you are like most Americans, that wasn’t the house that you lived in when you began to have a family. 

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Tools for choosing a nursing home

In 2010, the Seattle Times published a report that gets mentioned on this site, in the Aging Options Resource Guide and by Rajiv Nagaich fairly often.  That report, “Seniors for Sale,” concerned the treatment that elderly individuals received in Seattle/Tacoma area Adult Family Homes.  The conclusion of that report was that individuals needed to do … Read more

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