Does Aging-In-Place Work? What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us.

Abstract

Stephen Golant says aging-in-place isn't the right path for us all to take as we age. He says the advantages of a familiar neighborhood are among the advantages. Golant: The home affirms one’s self-worth; one fears others will consider the person a “retirement failure” upon moving. The government should shoulder these, and the government should be. It's not just direct financial costs, for which we can argue about these, but less tangible costs. But it's not an easy question, to be sure. It’re not a easy question to be be sure, to being sure, but it’t an easy answer, he says. There are many quite considerable costs in aging in place.