Wednesday’s AP story on Nissan’s “aging suit,” used to replicate old bones and joints for young auto engineers, made me chuckle. I’ve been watching my aging suit droop and wilt for more than forty years now as I’ve moved from supple twenties to saggy sixties. Their weighted shoes, darkened glasses, clumsy gloves miss something that will influence my buying decisions way into the future. That’s whether I’ll have the extra cash for these amenities when I’m 65 or 70; or whether I will be driving at all.
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Frankly, as we get beyond boomer age, we need to look for communities where we can continue to live, work and play closer to homes – homes we will likely be sharing with friends and family. Looking at myself as a focus group of one, I know I’ll need to keep working. I’ll want to live with friends in a group home with several master suites and a shared support system. I’ll want to be near urban centers and close to my children. I won’t want to be shuttled off to an active lifestyle arrangement in the discarded hills and valleys of left over farm properties. Nope, I’ll want to try as much as possible to keep my life as is. I’m hoping that’s doable. Otherwise, I’ll have to file an “aging suit” against Mother Nature.