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~ Aging isn’t for sissies, but
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- graduated based onthe res-
-idents’ abilities. Soa senior:
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- moving: from:a: thouse:‘and =:
yard to. a townhouse, iia a

gradually to other options

-where their needs are met,
at an ever-increasing de-
gree, by caregivers.

All types of housing are ©

an issue now, both for se-
niors and for first-time buy-
ers. However, municipal
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“their new homeowners will
be seniors, and that that sit- . :

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health needs?

Right now, the planning
has not gone all that well,
admits Geri Hinton, director
for the Office for Seniors,

Ministry of Health and Min-
istry. Responsible. for Se-

nicrs.

While admitting, there
has been a gap‘ of: “several”
years where the topic of se-.

niors and housing needs lay

- dormant, she says there isa
“government will now to see
-more units built, and amore"
flexible variety of | options i.
- explored. Integrating infor-
_Mation between. ‘housing ~
and: health care accommo-
ation, agencies | is also be-

“a multiunit housing situa
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~ apartments. Some of these
- offer'meals, housekeeping, _
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Residences such as this one in Sidney are becoming more in demand, and that de-
mand will only grow as the Baby Boomers hit the retirement years.

happening soon enough?
Realistically, no. But Sidney
has been at the forefront

lately, not just.in’develop-.

ment of more seniors hous-
‘ing, but through its adapt-
able housing program. ..
..The private sector is
_ working on several housing

- options, while the provincial -

government offers a flexible
range. of: financial options.
“It’s all part of the trend to-
day: to allow people to ‘age

new. millennium. »

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pendent living with no guar-
- anteed programs. Residents

- purchase the units and are |

offered ‘a range of fee for
service options (meals,
housekeeping, etc.). Exam-

ples of this are Ophir Place

and The Orchard,

Private group homes are .

single family homes where
a care provider gives up to
six unrelated seniors board
andcare.

Non profit group homes
are bedsitter accommoda-
tions provided for nine to 12
independent older adults,
All dining is communal and
services are provided by a
live-in housckeeper, such as
at Abbeyfield.

Continuing care. retir rte
ment communities — are

- housing developments that

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