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Moving to a retirement residence is about leaving home – the place you have known for many years – and coming home to a place where memories have yet to be made.

This transition brings many new challenges such as:

Moving to a retirement residence stirs up many emotions but it can stir up your finances too: Can you afford to move? Will you run out of money? Are there any hidden costs?

These resources will help keep your bank account intact:

Whether you're choosing a retirement home for yourself or for someone you love, the decision isn't easy. However, the move into a retirement community is not the same as it was in the past when people wanted to avoid being put in "nursing homes." No matter what kind of home you choose retirement living can be the best experience of your life.

Today, there are many excellent options in retirement homes and senior care in Canada - but they have many different names depending on the province: active living, assisted living, independent living...

Learn about your retirement options.

  
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Retirement is all about COMFORT – feeling secure, cared for and relaxed, but it's also about Life - being part of a community, experiencing new things and meeting new people.

That's where COMFORT Life comes in. We have been helping Canadians find the right retirement homes and get the most out of life since the first printing of Comfort Life magazine in 2002.

On our site and in our magazine, newsletter and blog you'll find advice from Canada's retirement living experts plus the personal experiences of people like you. For more help or to share your own tips please join our community.

Check out all the features from the latest magazine, Comfort Life 2011!

Seniors on Screen: Video interviews with real seniors

Comfort Life visited several Retirement Communities to speak specifically to seniors. We asked them how moving to a retirement community has changed their lives for the better and how they continue to love life despite moving out of their own homes.

Seniors also share their thoughts on the seven pillars of retirement living: Social, Environmental, Spiritual, Sexual, Emotional, Physical and Intellectual and how they're still able to fulfill these needs while living at a retirement community.


  

Associations offer member benefits and promote the diginity of seniors.

Find homes by provincial association:

The Alberta Senior Citizens' Housing Association

The British Columbia Senior Living Association

The Ontario Retirement Communities Association


 
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