Brookhaven (South Yarmouth, MA)
By J. Stephen Gregory
(Mom's House on the Cape)
Oh no, My Cat's Sick ... and it's Saturday Night. To pet owners there's nothing worse than one of our beloved animals getting sick, unless it's when the cat gets sick ... and it's Saturday night. This really unnerving horror happened to us this past weekend - my beautiful Harry, who I call my 'Google' cat (put "cat" into Google and Harry is what shows up!!) was acting weird when we woke up on Saturday morning. He's usually bright and chipper, sitting on my chest, purring and occasionally giving me a gentle 'rowf' to let me know it's time to feed him, but this morning he just laid there, limp, warm and looking raggedy. His kitten (yes, Harry has his own little kitten to play with) jumped up to play, but he could only muster a half-hearted hiss, then he put his head back down and closed h...
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By J. Stephen Gregory
(Mom's House on the Cape)
A Rose of Sharon completes the Circle of Life on Cape Cod. We're new in our little neighborhood, having moved to our little Dancing Brook ranch in Brookhaven (that’s in South Yarmouth, on Cape Cod) only three years ago. We haven’t met a lot of folks in the neighborhood, this being New England and all, although we have tried. One of the people we did meet I'll call "Laurie". She’s an older woman (I’m pretty sure she said she’s in her late eighties) who accomplishes more in a day than most people do in a week and is always looking for new and interesting things to try. She’s an avid gardener like myself, although Father Time has ordered her to reduce her hours a bit. I met Laurie on what started as a walk around the block. It was a glorious Mid-September day – all the fall flowers in bloo...
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By J. Stephen Gregory
(Mom's House on the Cape)
NOT ALL REAL ESTATE IN SOUTH YARMOUTH INVOLVES ASSISTED LIVING Sometimes it seems that every real estate transaction in South Yarmouth involves assisted living, but they don't, at least not directly. There have been stories about people who move here for other reasons. The real estate stock in South Yarmouth contains a lot of affordable ranches built for retirees (see my previous article on Yarmouth). These well built homes continue to attract retirees, though many have turned into second homes for metropolitan Boston residents. These second homes may become retirement homes in the future, amd become involved with the assisted living market, but right now they are occupied only three or four months a year, contributing to very quiet neighborhoods, like Brookhaven. They also seem to help...
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By J. Stephen Gregory
(Mom's House on the Cape)
HOW WILL OBAMACARE IMPACT ASSISTED LIVING ON CAPE COD? Cape Cod - Now that Obamacare is the law of the land it's time to take a look at this mega-law and try to gauge it's impact on our lives, and especially, what impact will Obamacare have on assisted living on Cape Cod?. This law is truly comprehensive - it will regulate every aspect of 'health' from cradle to grave, including assisted living on Cape Cod. The last major 'health' related mega-law was the Medicare/Medicaid duo, passed in 1965. These two laws had a dramatic affect on Cape Cod, and arguably the biggest impact of any Federal law on the Town of Yarmouth and the village of South Yarmouth, even down to the neighborhood where we live, Brookhaven. The impact was two-fold - new nursing homes popped up (there was no 'assisted liv...
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A TALE OF TWO LIVES: ASSISTED LIVING ON CAPE COD CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR MOM & DAD I was in the front yard, tending to the quickly blooming flowers and leafing bushes when a gentleman I had never me came into view, walking slowly with a cane. When he got within conversation distance, "Hi, how are you doing? The gardens are looking good. I haven't met you - my name is Harry. I live over there, next street over." In our little neighborhood on Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, the neighborhoods are fairly stable - usually homeowners leave by ambulance and don't return. He was the new guy in the neighborhood - bought the little two bedrooom sweetheart on the next street. His story has a relatively happy ending, but a great illustration that assisted living on Cape Cod can be difficult for Mom & Dad....
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BY THE LITTLE DANCING BROOK, IN SOUTH YARMOUTH, ON CAPE COD, THE RANCHES ARE IN BLOOM   CAPE COD - On Dancing Brook Road, in "much sought after Brookhaven", right smack in the middle of Cape Cod, there are perhaps two hundred very similar little two to three bedroom ranches, all built within a few years of each other in the early 1970's. Since I was a kid growing up Hyannis I have loved driving through developments all over Cape Cod as they 'matured', to see changes that time (and individuality) bring -- certain properties get bigger and nicer, some go to hell, some don't seem to change at all.   The type of neighborhood where we live, near the crossing of Forest and Winslow Gray, north of 28, with it's profusion of well kept ranches, really isn't typical for Cape Cod (where there are a...
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THE MOVE TO ASSISTED LIVING ON CAPE COD INVOLVES AGING, REAL ESTATE AND TRUST CAPE COD - The decision to move to assisted living on Cape Cod involves aging, real estate and trust. It's a journey through the nexus of aging, the cost of health, real estate prices, college educations and sometimes twisted family issues. It can be a time of resignation, guilt and betrayal, but it can be a time of relief, appreciation and love. Generally, the process of the move to assisted living on Cape Cod involves at least two real estate transactions, finding a facility that acknowledges the needs of aging residents and the drawing of some type of trust to protect any assets. There will be many opportunities for lawyers, brokers and trusted representatives during this process. Remember, the move to assi...
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