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Glen Arm, Maryland - December 30, 2015: Allen Geiwitz, 71, and his mother Hilda Geiwitz, 95, live in separate apartments at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, Maryland, but each Sunday they have a standing date to watch Columbo in Hilda's apartment, where they are photographed Wednesday December 30, 2015.

Allen Geiwitz, 71, moved into the Glen Meadows Retirement Community, a CCRC in Glen Arm, Maryland, about nine months after his ninety-one-year-old mother Hilda Geiwitz. The upkeep of his three-bedroom home became tiresome, and he wanted to be closer to his mother. Moving into the same facility made sense for him. The trend of elderly children caregivers moving to the same retirement communities as their parents is picking up steam because the lengthening lifespan means that caregivers are getting older, too.


CREDIT: Matt Roth for The New York Times
Assignment ID: 30184179A

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Glen Arm, Maryland - December 30, 2015: Allen Geiwitz, 71, and his mother Hilda Geiwitz, 95, live in separate apartments at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, Maryland, but each Sunday they have a standing date to watch Columbo in Hilda's apartment, where they are photographed Wednesday December 30, 2015.<br /> <br /> Allen Geiwitz, 71, moved into the Glen Meadows Retirement Community, a CCRC in Glen Arm, Maryland, about nine months after his ninety-one-year-old mother Hilda Geiwitz. The upkeep of his three-bedroom home became tiresome, and he wanted to be closer to his mother. Moving into the same facility made sense for him. The trend of elderly children caregivers moving to the same retirement communities as their parents is picking up steam because the lengthening lifespan means that caregivers are getting older, too.<br /> <br /> <br /> CREDIT: Matt Roth for The New York Times<br /> Assignment ID: 30184179A
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