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Readers Sent Us Their Ideas for a Dream Home and Community for Aging

Posted on 10/20/23 by Melissa Stanton

When Virginia resident Kitty Russell, 69, popped us a note praising The ABCs of ADUs, a free AARP publication about accessory dwelling units, she included a brochure she had created about the kind of later-in-life housing and community she wished she could find for herself. We found Russell's idea interesting and her creativity inspiring, so we published an article about it.

"A Reader Sent Us Her Idea for a Dream Home and Community for Aging"

This article originally appeared on AARP.org in October 2023

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