Before we brought our new unit/house we looked at retirement villages in our area.
Lack of privacy was what put us off most of them.
We brought our new house, for what an old refurbished villa would have cost us.
Perhaps in 10 years time when I am 80 we may have to look at retirement/care again.
I note the wife's uncle stayed in his own home, where he died at age 94.Social services provide a lot of help/care to keep people in their own home.
But paying $1,000 to $1,300 to live in a very old home,that stinks of boiled cabbage, does not appeal to me,however if I should have a stroke or get further demented, that will be my lot.