Picture a familiar scene: the Sunday afternoon visit to Mom and Dad’s house in Raleigh. It’s the home they’ve lived in for forty years, every corner saturated with memory.
But today, you notice things you hadn't before.
The slight hesitation at the top of the stairs, the way a loose rug corners a well-worn path from the armchair to the kitchen, the dim lighting in the hallway that seems a little more treacherous than it used to. It's a quiet tension, the gap between the profound desire to stay in a cherished home and the emerging reality of its challenges.
This experience is nearly universal.
Research from AARP’s 2021 Home and Community Preferences Survey shows that 77% of adults age 50 and older want to remain in their homes as they age. The real question isn't "if" they want to stay, but "how" to make it possible.
