# How did your home living situation change as you got into your senior years

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-home-living-situation-change-as-you-got-into-your-senior-years/1022398 "2025-08-22T16:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-home-living-situation-change-as-you-got-into-your-senior-years/1022398/10 "2025-08-22T20:10:55Z")

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If you feel like wading into the saga of my move to The Home, here’s a link to my latest thread. Contained in the OP are links to the two previous threads.

> [@Second year anniversary of moving to The Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-year-anniversary-of-moving-to-the-home/1021890):
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> I have two previous threads on my saga of displacement and resettling, if anyone cares to look back. I certainly don’t plan to – it was a difficult time. I reread some journal entries from the time of the move, Aug 4 to Sept 4, 2023 and can’t believe what a ordeal it was. First thread, at the time of the move in 2023: (BTW, The Dog referred to in the linked thread is still a problem. roll_eyes) First anniversary of the move, 2024: This First Anniversary thread is less painful to read. An…

TL;DR. I’ll be 77 in November of this year. Two years ago I moved to a senior independent living residence. It’s a fabulous place to live and it was a good move for me.

Best advice: don’t wait too long to do this. Do it before it becomes necessary.

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