I've been quite happy and content here in my little 2 bedroom, 2 bath condominium unit that is all on one floor and also only is a couple of steps up or down outside to the sidewalk leading to our parking lot when arriving at or leaving the building. I was in my late 40's when I bought this place, and at the time noted a few nice features which would be helpful immediately but also in the coming years but at that age really wasn't focused on that seemingly distant future at the time. Certainly I've never regretted this move, and I suspect and hope will continue to enjoy my little condo on the water for quite a while longer, even though, yes, I'm not getting any younger and -- gulp! -- 80 is already furtively peeking at me around the corner, ready to celebrate that momentous occasion when it actually arrives in a couple more years.....
If I'm lucky one day I'll have some sort of fatal incident right here at home and at some point I'll leave here nicely zipped up in a body bag, and whoever needs to attend to what is necessary after that will deal with things. For me, I really prefer no worries about winding up in Assisted Living or a SNF (skilled nursing facility)..... I just want to go quickly and without any bother to anyone.
I do have family, but we are not all that close (they're actually my family through my marriage rather than through blood) and, well, I just do not want to put the responsibility of my care on my niece and/or nephew, as each of them already has pretty significant responsibilities with their own families as it is, and in one case even into their children's young adulthood years. That said, I have appointed one of them to be the executor of my (quite modest) estate such as it is, and to handle my affairs after I am gone. Overall, though I would prefer to spare both my niece and nephew as much as possible when it comes to Auntie Clix Pix.....