{"id":26311,"date":"2026-07-24T10:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26311"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:08:20","slug":"to-afford-aging-in-place-older-adults-turn-to-golden-girls-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26311","title":{"rendered":"To Afford Aging in Place, Older Adults Turn to \u2018Golden Girls\u2019 Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Paula Span for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shirley Jennett, a retired nurse, loves her spacious ranch-style house in Denver, with its big backyard and gazebo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to stay here,\u201d she vowed. \u201cAnd die here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She might pull that off. In relatively good health, Jennett still drives to lunch with friends, does her own housekeeping and grocery shopping, and plows through a book a day, usually a mystery. But her children worry about her living alone at 89, especially after she has had a couple of falls. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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