https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/55+-communities/Recent content in 55+ Communities on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usTue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/living/independent-living-vs-assisted-living/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/living/independent-living-vs-assisted-living/<p>The first time the word came up in our family, it wasn&rsquo;t in a doctor&rsquo;s office or a planning meeting. It was at Thanksgiving. My mother-in-law, Kathleen, had burned the rolls. Not forgotten them. Burned them. She&rsquo;d been making those rolls for forty years and she&rsquo;d never once burned them, and when Robert pulled the pan out of the oven and set it on the counter without saying anything, Kathleen looked at the blackened tops and said, very quietly, &ldquo;I think something is wrong with me.&rdquo;</p>