More housing for the aged

There it was, out the window of the car, on our way to pick up the mother of a friend at The Peridot. A big complex well on its way to completion. Nothing I'd seen word of in any of the local media. Note: no balconies -- what a pity. How down-market from the competition!

Apparently it is a new independent living facility for aging retirees. I guess it makes sense -- we have more than the average number of retirees living in the Prescott area. One of these days, such folk will age even more and are likely to chuck their houses for what is currently called catered living.

As you can see, the apartments are at a lower elevation on Bradshaw Drive, just down the pike from The Peridot. Interesting how the local facilities for the aged are being clustered -- first, Las Fuentes and Good Sam together on the northeast side of town, now this pair up the hill just off of East Gurley. As for me, I prefer the idea of converting old, down-at-the-heels hotels in the middle of town into housing for the aging -- that would puts one (me?) smack dab in the midst of things, rather than out on the periphery, requiring one of those little mini-buses to get here, there or wherever. Too bad the old Head Hotel was converted into a B&B, I say.