Product Description: When his next-door neighbors in a quaint New England town suddenly pick up and move to a gated retirement community in Florida, Andrew D. Blechman is astonished by their stories. Larger than Manhattan, with a golf course for every day of the month, two downtowns, its own newspaper, radio, and TV stations, The Villages is a city of nearly one hundred thousand (and growing), missing only one thing: children...read more

Product Description: This is a complete guide to one of the most popular retirement options―Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs)―where you can enjoy life to the fullest, knowing that if you become ill, you’ll receive all the care you need...read more

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A complete guide to retirement housing for seniors and their adult children offers a step-by-step plan for evaluating individual needs, discusses available housing options and their services, and furnishes state-by-state tips on climate, leisure activities, and transportation. Original.

Product Description: More and more older adults are seeking alternatives to their present living arrangements. Retirement communities and assisted living complexes are options that offer the privacy and support to help you, the older adult, remain independent for as long as possible...read more

Product Description: From a multidisciplinary theoretical perspective, the author uses a series of in-depth interviews regarding past residential experiences to explain how older individuals choose where they live, and how they feel about it. Of use in understanding the housing needs and desires of an aging population...read more

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Product Description: University-Linked Retirement Communities focuses on the special attributes of a retirement community designed as an integral part of a university. It discusses the theoretical and practical aspects of such a retirement community, which provides a rich and varied context for older people to be exposed to new ideas and learning opportunities for personal growth...read more

Describes the location, size, facilities, services, and costs of the best retirement communities, and includes interviews with residents

Product Description: This new book identifies key elements in the success or failure of a retirement community. The practical implications of the research findings provided in this important volume will help you to identify and satisfy the needs of retirement community residents...read more