Are you "Aging in Place"?

Every person is "aging" whatever their age. I have lived here since June 26, 1953 so I'm living in the same old place , but i feel that phrase is a little demeaning and condescending. I am an older person living in my own home.

I've never hear that phrase before, but leave it to the healthcare industry to take all the personalization and humanity out of something as simple as wanting to live in your own home until your number is up. I guess they needed a new clinical term/ procedure code for billing purposes, huh?

Yes, I am 'aging in place'. I can't afford to live anywhere else...especially not an assisted living facility where they act as though whatever money you have left is their's for the taking.

The term "aging in place" is used in the health care sector. What it means is this - say you moved into a low-care facility like a hostel, where you are fairly independent and only need a little help. The government funds the facility for you, according to your needs. Two years down the track, you have become a lot more dependent, need a lot of help with everything. BUT you like where you are and don't want to be moved off to a high-care facility where you don't know anybody. SO....the government is told about this, and they then fund the hostel at the higher level, so that they can provide you with the higher amount of care. This is called "aging in place", ie it just means that you stay where you are as you get older and frailer.

NB Funny that someone has given me a "thumbs down " !

I understand the term. I am one of those people who is "aging" in my own home that I have lived in for many years.

Yes, I've heard the phrase many times. Certain buzz words get used and overused by the media and they become part of my vocabulary.

I think the phrase works for now. One thing is for certain, there will soon be another easy-breezy phrase that all the companies are using. Anything to put a different spin on the reality of people getting old and wanting to stay in their own homes until they die. Truth be told it is very difficult and expensive to accomplish once you are unable to take care of yourself.

I have heard of the phrase in regards to products that help an elderly person stay in their home for as long as possible. Some of these products include hand rails in the bathrooms near the toilets, or a curbless shower to lessen the risk of falling. Prior to this, I had never heard of the phrase either!

I have heard the term. However, consider the fact that many of us, myself included, have NO CHOICE but to remain in their home. I certainly do not have the funds for any sort of "assisted living", or nursing home care. I am happy and so far healthy enough to continue to be in my home and plan to stay here until I leave this earth....

So far, I am in the home we've bought 6 years ago. (Almost the longest time we were in one place. We were a military family.)

I will stay here until it becomes too difficult to manage.

I'd never heard of that phrase. I don't care for it, but can't describe why I don't.

I've been in the same house for 23 years. I thought I'd move after 5 years, but I like my place and I'm comfortable here. It appears I am aging in place.

I never heard the term, "aging in place" before, but I like it. I hope I never have to leave my home and wait to die in an institution. I guess I would prefer to "die in place" when the time comes.

i never heard the term b4.i thought it meant something like "looking 50 for the next 30 years",which might be pleasant.apparently,it means" living in ur own home" i dont like the term.i dont know why.it sounds like a person sitting in place,rotting away in their own home,not like someone LIVING in their own home.it does seem offensive...like,all other age groups LIVE in their homes,but seniors "age" in them?actually,everyone,from the moment of birth,is aging.a 10 yr old is aging.u will age from birth untill the day u die! so,EVERYONE IS AGING,IN PLACE,OUT OF PLACE,WHEREVER.!