This article written by Susan Hindman appears on the website, Silver Planet.com

Imagine retiring with longtime friends who are always within earshot and can expound on your stories of the road, catch you on your tall tales, or hold your hand when your health falters.
RVers have a one-of-a-kind opportunity. When they can no longer safely negotiate the highways, they can steer their ride into the Escapees CARE Center, put ’er in park, and, with help similar to that found in assisted living facilities, stay put in their RV as long as they’re able.

It’s a different kind of aging in place, a different kind of assisted living, and the only one of its kind in the country.

CARE stands for “continuing assistance for retired escapees,” and the center has served members of the Escapees RV Club since it opened in 1992. It’s the center’s affiliation with the club that makes it all possible, said Robert “RB” Brinton, director of the center, located in Livingston, Texas, north of Houston. “It’s because of the generosity of the 60,000 members that we can provide services at a lower cost.” Members donate time and money, both of which help defray the full cost of services.

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This article originated from the AARP, http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/caregiving/articles/assisted_living_ten_ideas.html

Care in an RV Park

Deep in east Texas, on a campground near a piney woods 65 miles north of Houston, stands perhaps the most unusual long-term care facility in the country.

At Rainbow's End in Livingston, residents live in their own RVs—recreational vehicles—and receive virtually all the care offered by assisted living for $800 a month in a program called CARE (Continuing Assistance for Retired Escapees). The national Escapees RV Club set up the service several years ago for members (dues are $60 a year) who need good care at a good price.

Because residents remain in their own homes, CARE is legally not assisted living and doesn't claim to be. But once a member parks his RV on one of the lots around the steel-framed CARE building and pays his monthly fee, he can get all his meals, housecleaning, laundry, transportation, activities and nursing through CARE

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