Positive Lights Elder Care News
Good News for the Elder Care Community
June 7, 2005

Alternative Retirement Havens

For those who are still moderately healthy, retirement communities and assisted living facilities provide varying levels of help, but are often more expensive than staying at home. An alternative to those who don't have family ties that prevent them from moving is to move to a lower cost community in the U.S. or even to a much lower cost retirement haven in another country. When nursing care is required, the cost is far less in smaller communities than in the large cities and in many cases, the quality of care is much better.  Some foreign countries that cater to U.S. retirees have developed services and facilities for those who need nursing care.  When the primary need is simply for a healthy person to provide assistance, the cost is far less in many other parts of the world.

Here are a selection of information resources about retirement havens in the U.S. and abroad.

Best Places to Retire in the US

Passport to Canada: The Complete Guide to Living and Retiring in Nova Scotia, by Phillip Townsend. 

Retirement in Panama Web Site

La Vida Cheapo (Retiring in Mexico)

Where to Retire Magazine

How to Live, Do Business or Retire in 6 of the World's Most Beautiful and Affordable Offshore Edens

U.S. Retirement Havens Web Site

Retirement Havens Web Site

Overseas Retirement Havens Web Site

Vern Jacobs
Editor
Positive Lights Elder Care News
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