senior accommodation

I agree, do check out what is available - and make sure you can take your cat!!

I've recently future proofed my living arrangements and strongly advise, if you can afford to then do so before you become physically restricted in what you can do.

I still have room for visitors to stay over but all the essentials are now on the ground floor and it suits me fine.

You know from the experience of looking after your own parents just how difficult even the basic practical everyday tasks can be.

Good luck!

I am a bit younger than you, and am not ready to make the change yet. But I think, when that time comes I will make the decision to move into a retirement flat before I actually HAVE to, if you see what I mean.

I believe it will give me a little peace of mind should anything change for me healthwise, and my children would know that I have support if I should need it. They are all helpful and kind, but cannot be on hand all the time.

I envisage being more independent in a retirement facility that I have chosen, than I would be if I began to find things getting too much in my current home.

It's obviously important to pick the right place to move to - and that can take some time to find, another reason to do it at leisure rather than when forced to through circumstances.