Today's Senior Living Communities Are Not Your Grandma's 'Old Folks' Home': An Expert Guide to Shopping for the Right Fit

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In my hometown, everybody called it the "old folks' home." It's where my aunt worked long ago, and I used to tag along as a boy because I liked the people who lived there.

In the old folks' home, ageist as that term is, people had roommates and ate community meals and maybe joined a weekly bingo game for entertainment.