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Margot Weber, Realtor
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Assisted Living Facility
Specialist
The Life Style in the United States
In the United States, more than 63% people over 65 years of age live unaccompanied and more than 50% of them own their homes or condominiums.
These statistics are from a 1990 census. On the 1997 census, these amounts have proportionately increased of 3% per year, meaning about 21% in 7 years.
Most of these people live in communities for populations over 55 years of age: "Restricted Senior Communities". When they turn 70 to 75 years of age or when one of the spouses dies, the majority sells their homes or condominiums. That is how many move to an ALF.
The same census indicates that in more than half of the families residing in United States, both spouses work full time, which makes it impossible for them to have their parents live in their homes. In addition, it is not rare to find that among these families one of the spouses has two jobs, one full time and one part-time.
In the present time, it is very difficult to take in the parents and the best solution can be to transfer them to an ALF. Bringing the medical and social care to the home is much more expensive than those offered by an institution, and the presence of qualified personnel twenty-four hours a day brings more security to the family and the residents.
