Explain reasons for elderly dissatisfaction with housing, including personal choices, financial changes, increasing maintenance, urban blight, and the desire to purchase leisure.

Describe housing options for the elderly and their positives and negatives, including aging in place, downsizing to a smaller home, adult day care, granny units, shared housing, adult communities, retirement cities, and assisted-living and continuing care retirement communities.

List some changes that can occur late in life, affecting living arrangements. How many positive changes? In what way? How many are negative changes? In what way?

How do you see yourself living in old age? What would be your ideal living environment?