My wife and I have been living in a seniors community living facility for over four years. In this period, a large number of our contacts, elders as well as their children, have been asking with concern, “Why have you moved to an old-age home?”, followed by another query with curiosity, “Are you happy there?”
Such interactions prompted me to share our experience and insights. First and most important, seniors community living and old-age homes are different. In fact, they are worlds apart.
While the SCLs are run as business enterprises, with infrastructure and amenities ranging from comfortable to luxurious, meant for those who are well off, the OAHs are run by governments or NGOs, offering basic amenities free to the destitute.
