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The 10 Best States to Live Your Twilight Years

Aging Retirement Planning

You've undoubtedly seen the yearly parade of reports on "10 States with Lowest Taxes" or "10 Best Places to Retire" and the like. Part of planning and making the best decisions for your Retirement Transition and second half of life also includes thinking about your twilight years and what you'll want and need at that time.

Eldercare site Caring.com just came out with their report on 2017's Best and Worst States to Grow Old. The focus is on later life and the review included healthcare access, long-term care options, cost, and overall quality of life. For the ranking, they pulled information from 150,000 consumer reviews, and tapped data from Genworth, AARP, Commonwealth Fund, Gallup-Healthways, and others.

West coast states made a good showing with Washington (#4), California (#7), and Oregon (#10) all ranking high. Check out this short video (1:15) and then the links below for more info.


2017's Best and Worst States to Grow Old

2017's 10 Best States to Grow Old

2017's 10 Worst States to Grow Old