when you think about, some of the key issues related to aging in place, we have to think about transportation, walkability, the adaptability of the home for the individual, access to health care, is, you know, where that individuals living in that moment.

Yes, it's their own home, but is it affordable for them?

You know, housing affordability is starting to become a large or significant issue here in our state.

So really having those conversations about, you know, what that's going to look like, what can you know from a financial stability standpoint?

What can that individual afford?

And let's start putting those plans in place.

Now, some of these things that I'm talking about in terms of let's just step back and talk about adaptability of the home can be very simple things that individuals can budget for.

That they can do, you know, especially if they're having this conversation much earlier than they really need those things in the home, you know, doing them slowly and adapting the home to meet their needs as they get older.

So again, going back to things like what does the, you know, in the bathroom, grab bars in the shower, thinking about what the toilet looks like.

Even simple things to, related to, you know, just really setting up the home in a way that, can be conducive for an individual not to be at risk for falls, because commonly when we talk about aging in place, that's one of our concerns, is falls in the home for the older adult.