My parents live in a retirement village, similar much smaller and in Pennsylvania. I could rant about this forever.
For my parents, when they were very mobile and active it was a blast. Today both of them are in poor health with very little mobility. They live in a place far away from any amenities or in any commutable distance to the city, so all my siblings live far away. The community is designed like standard exurb suburban vomit - no sidewalks, houses spaced apart too far, the community clubhouse is miles from anything.
When there is a health emergency they're often left on their own. There are a lot of health emergencies. My dad now needs more or less 24/7 care. They have a nurse that comes by 3 days a week, the nurse staffing in the area is completely overwhelmed and the nurses they send are really unqualified to do much of anything and never show up half the time.
The area they live in was previously mostly rural and the local hospital is unequipped for anything my dad needs, or any qualified doctors so they drive 30 minutes to the next hospital away.
Long story short the real problem is what they hinted to - most of the retirees in this places are in their late 60's early 70's still. When they all hit 80 something what happens? The services in the area where these things spring up aren't even remotely equipped to handle the volume of long term medical care needed to keep these folks afloat. They're going to suffer and families are going to scramble to deal with it en masse
For my parents, when they were very mobile and active it was a blast. Today both of them are in poor health with very little mobility. They live in a place far away from any amenities or in any commutable distance to the city, so all my siblings live far away. The community is designed like standard exurb suburban vomit - no sidewalks, houses spaced apart too far, the community clubhouse is miles from anything.
When there is a health emergency they're often left on their own. There are a lot of health emergencies. My dad now needs more or less 24/7 care. They have a nurse that comes by 3 days a week, the nurse staffing in the area is completely overwhelmed and the nurses they send are really unqualified to do much of anything and never show up half the time.
The area they live in was previously mostly rural and the local hospital is unequipped for anything my dad needs, or any qualified doctors so they drive 30 minutes to the next hospital away.
Long story short the real problem is what they hinted to - most of the retirees in this places are in their late 60's early 70's still. When they all hit 80 something what happens? The services in the area where these things spring up aren't even remotely equipped to handle the volume of long term medical care needed to keep these folks afloat. They're going to suffer and families are going to scramble to deal with it en masse