﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:08:16 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Rethinking Your Future - Elder Housing</title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com:443/Home/rss/category/4135/elder-housing</link><atom:link href="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com:443/Home/rss/category/4135/elder-housing" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[As prices rise, concern grows for senior renters]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/as-prices-rise-concern-grows-for-senior-renters</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/861/housing-crisis.jpg" length="20043"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[ Marta (not her real name) called Senior Concerns as a last resort. 

 The mobile home she and her husband had been renting for the past 30 years was being sold. The owner had died, and the owner’s ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/as-prices-rise-concern-grows-for-senior-renters</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-861]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Learning from COVID to improve assisted-living facilities]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/learning-from-covid-to-improve-assisted-living-facilities</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/822/img-Overjoyed-3243588.jpg" length="26131"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/822/200200p4135EDNthumbimg-Overjoyed-3243588.jpg" alt="" /> If I outlive my husband and have difficulty living independently, I want to move to an assisted-living facility. 

 I thrive in the company of others, and a socially isolated life would be lonely ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/learning-from-covid-to-improve-assisted-living-facilities</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-822]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Consider seniors in new construction]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/consider-seniors-in-new-construction</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/534/studio-apartment-floor-plan.jpg" length="21490"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/534/200200p4135EDNthumbstudio-apartment-floor-plan.jpg" alt="" /> With an eye toward a potential future project, Many Mansions and the Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura paid a visit to Senior Concerns to gather suggestions for features seniors would ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 19:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/consider-seniors-in-new-construction</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-534]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[When is it the right time to move?]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/when-is-it-the-right-time-to-move</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/221/move_on.jpg" length="14185"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/221/200200p4135EDNthumbmove_on.jpg" alt="" /> My parents have new neighbors.     Jack and Carole, both in their early 80s, realized their cape-style home in Rhode Island was too much for them, with bedrooms on the second floor and the washer ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/when-is-it-the-right-time-to-move</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-221]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Widows may see benefits in shared housing]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/widows-may-see-benefits-in-shared-housing</link><enclosure type="image/jpg" url="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/244/shared-housing.jpg" length="21879"></enclosure><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/Portals/9/EasyDNNNews/244/200200p4135EDNthumbshared-housing.jpg" alt="" /> Today, widowed persons make up fully one-third of the U.S. population age 65 and older. The vast majority of them are women. Women are more likely than men to be widowed for two reasons. 
 First, ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/widows-may-see-benefits-in-shared-housing</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-244]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[How to be a savvy residential care shopper]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/how-to-be-a-savvy-residential-care-shopper</link><description><![CDATA[  Along with buying a new home come mounds of paperwork that must be signed. Most of us review documents in detail for accuracy and completeness because we recognize that we’ll be held to their terms ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/how-to-be-a-savvy-residential-care-shopper</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-254]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Housing choices for life]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/housing-choices-for-life</link><description><![CDATA[    According to former MLB pitcher Vernon Law, “Experience is a cruel teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson afterward.” 

 My neighbor quoted Law the other day in regard to the lessons she ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/housing-choices-for-life</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-410]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Home safe home]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/home-safe-home</link><description><![CDATA[    My husband and I are in the planning stages of renovating our living quarters, including the downstairs bath, kitchen and living room. 

 It dawned on me as we began our plans: 30 years ago, ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/home-safe-home</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-397]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Retirement community of the future]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/retirement-community-of-the-future</link><description><![CDATA[   Recently, a Seattle-based hospitality company, One Eighty, announced plans to convert the former hospital site at 4415 S. Lakeview Canyon Road in Westlake Village into a boutique-style retirement ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/retirement-community-of-the-future</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-354]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The definition of home may change as we age]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/the-definition-of-home-may-change-as-we-age-1</link><description><![CDATA[   The word “home” has personal meaning for most people. A home may convey a sense of family, security, comfort, independence and even financial freedom. 

 Often as we age, transitions in our ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/the-definition-of-home-may-change-as-we-age-1</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-351]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Senior moving simplified]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/senior-moving-simplified</link><description><![CDATA[   Adele’s vision loss from glaucoma was forcing her, at age 78, to leave her home in Maine. 

 She planned to move to Simi Valley, into a retirement community close to her son Bill. 

 Though ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/senior-moving-simplified</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-346]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Boomers: home remodels for our future]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/boomers-home-remodels-for-our-future</link><description><![CDATA[   A new home design center recently opened in The Oaks mall. Last week I toured the center looking at a majestic Jacuzzi tub, lovely bathroom fixtures, high-end appliances and solid wood kitchen ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/boomers-home-remodels-for-our-future</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-340]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Gallagher]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[When Living Alone is No Longer an Option]]></title><link>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/when-living-alone-is-no-longer-an-option</link><description><![CDATA[   Many of us live in Never Never Land: We’re never going to get old and we’re never going to need help. 

 Of course, just the opposite is true. According to clinical bioethicist Viki Kind, author ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://rethinkingyourfuture.com/when-living-alone-is-no-longer-an-option</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[c0cd3f4b-6978-4727-9062-4e50ece0c2a4-334]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>