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Aging in Place: Know Your Housing Options
May 6 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Our FREE Aging in Place: Know Your Housing Options course is designed to assess our homes for safety, accessibility, and affordability; explore ways to use home equity to stay in our homes; and discover housing options.
This course is a three-part series. This registration is for the following days, from 1:00-2:30 PM:
- May 6 (Tues)
- May 7 (Weds)
- May 8 (Thurs)
Session One:
Assessing Your Home – Is it Safe? Is it Accessible? Is it Affordable?
May 6
- Learn what it means to age in place
- Assess your current home based on your current needs
- Create a continuum of care plan based on health, supports, and both current and future needs
- Review safety and accessibility in the home through safety checklists
- Learn about fall prevention
- Explore home affordability and the importance of budgeting
Session two:
Using Your Home Equity to Keep Your Home
May 7
- Learn the definition of home equity and why it matters
- Explore different ways to use home equity to age in place:
- Single purpose loans and grants
- Home equity loans
- Home equity line of credit
- Reverse mortgages
Session three:
Exploring Housing Options for Older Adults
May 8
- Learn about activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Explore different housing options for older adults:
- Senior Apartments
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Skilled Nursing & Rehab Facilities
- Co-Housing & Shared Housing
- Learn about potential ways to pay for housing:
- Veteran benefits
- Long-tern care insurance
- Medicaid Waiver