Aging in Place: Know Your Housing Options

A successful aging in place plan is a process of evaluating current and future needs, thinking through options, and evaluating our homes and communities to develop strategies. Our FREE Aging in Place: Know Your Housing Options course is designed to:

• Assess homes for safety, accessibility, and affordability
• Explore ways to use home equity to stay in our homes
• Discover housing options

Course Objectives:

• Consider what home means to you
• Know what it means to age in place and age in community
• Understand how to create a continuum of care plan
• Evaluate your current home
  • Is it safe?
  • Is it Accessible? 
  • Is it Affordable?
• Learn to calculate home equity
• Understand the different types of ways you can use your equity to pay for aging in place
  • Single-Purpose Loans/Grants
  • Home Equity Loans
  • Home Equity Lines of Credit
  • Reverse Mortgages
• Know the different types of housing available as we age
  • Senior Apartments & Retirement Communities 
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Skilled Nursing & Rehab Facilities
  • Co-Housing, Shared Housing, & Roomers for Boomers
• Explore options to pay for housing 
• Know where to go for next steps and resources