Moving near adult children seems like an obvious solo-aging solution, but it trades an established local network for proximity to family who may still be busy with their own lives.
What to weigh
- Whether your children's actual availability matches what you're hoping to gain from proximity
- The cost of rebuilding your local community and healthcare relationships from scratch
- Whether visiting regularly could achieve similar emotional closeness without relocating
Have a direct, honest conversation with your children about their actual capacity to be involved before making this a deciding factor.