I live in independent living of in other words a senior apartment block of 33 residents. At first is was exciting attending the Festivities of which in our small Town of 5000 people offered the seniors free meals at their famous pricey restaurants and events. ( I later learned that these Restaurants provide this free to seniors and write it off as charity to train there yearly new staff for the upcoming tourist Seasons ( skiers in winter and Summer tourists). I was lucky to snag the only larger apartments suitable for a couple of which no one wanted so I was offered it five years ago. It was the same as the others in terms of $ as the rent is subsidized according to 30% of your earnings. I live on the top floor of a 2nd story apartment block and love the views of the mountains in this National Park System.Everything is in a two block walking distance and has Community Events/Festivities to attend if I so desire to take part. At first I enjoyed the interaction and festivities then felt that I needed more than scheduled events etc It began to feel institutionalized , so I do not attend events that catered to the much older seniors ( gawd sing songs??,etc) Those in there late 70 – 80 years of age and older should not be in this apartment block as they are walking around with oxygen tanks,walkers etc There is no room in the next stage apartments for those that need assisted living. Here it is for independent living and cooking for oneself etc. I go hiking and photographing outdoors as much as I can and prefer activity that encourages interests and physical movement, not just eating at restaurants ( free or not)! I figure that if and when I become incapacitated then and only then I would go into assisted living. Meanwhile I will enjoy my health and experiences at a time that I can do these things. I see in the future more and more seniors of the future will be living in a large home with several others in communal living and having there own space to themselves but sharing a kitchen and living room with the others. I have seen this on a documentary and it works as long as you like the people and have known them as friends otherwise problems arise due to personality conflicts etc. As my older brother stated recently he refuses to live in an institutionalized setting of which much older people are living in now. He is close to 78 yrs old and still lives in his own subsidized apartment of which will be torn down in the next couple of years, understandably he is worried and searching for another route.