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Originally Posted by redforever View Post
If you are talking about seniors still living in their home, which will probably be older, and they can't do the work themselves, $5000 does not go that far when you have to factor in the labor as well. Many might not be doing their own yard work, particularly winter time, they certainly won't be going up on their roofs to check out things, they won't be up ladders painting, at least they should not be.
And the goal is to keep seniors in their home as long as possible as it does not cost the health system as much.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Ah I see what you mean. I wasn’t considering paying for lawn care or snow shoveling and such as part of that. So yeah could be right.
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I will tell you my exact circumstance. My husband died at a very young age and I am widowed for some time. I am 70. I tried to stay in my Priddis property which we bought and developed on our own and it was home for 35 years...raised our children there.
But as a widowed woman, trying to keep up a quarter section in the country has too many challenges. So talking with my children to find a solution, this is what we came up with.
I moved into Calgary, basically inner city (Killarney) and I now live in a semi-detached house. My children have so many attachments and memories of the Priddis property and it was decided that my son would move there.
I have a fairly new place and although it does not need huge renos every year at the moment, there are standard things that need attending to...that I can't do..and that I don't bother asking my children to help all the time as they too have busy lives.
I have an underground sprinkler system and that needs to be activated in the spring and deactivated in the fall. I am not capable of doing that.
I have my eaves cleaned once a year, I am not capable of doing that nor will I entertain the thought of going up on a ladder to do so.
I have my windows cleaned twice a year. My property is a two story and there is no way in hell I am going up on a ladder to attend to that job.
I had problems with condensation in my attic this past spring. I am not capable of attending to that.
Just this week, the seal of my toilet had to be replaced. Again, I am not capable of doing that.
I need my furnace cleaned at least once every two years.
These are just small things, small yearly things that need to be attended to so small problems don't become big problems.
And demographics and statistics show that females live longer than males so as time goes on, there will be more females in my situation.
At the moment, I have no health problems...not on any drugs for high blood pressure, cholesterol, nothing...but one does not know what time will bring. I hope to stay in my present home as long as possible adding a lift upstairs if needed or hiring some part time help if needed.
I am used to this area now, I have made friends here, I have attachments here now, I know the services I can access from where I live. Uprooting seniors to areas late in life, where they have no friends close by and have to learn new shopping habits and the like is not in their best interests.