Bob and Peg Short are a retired couple living in the Midwest. Bob had been retired from his job with a major airline for nearly eight years. He has just turned seventy-three and is in moderately good health. But Bob faces a debilitating condition that will worsen in the next to two to three years to the point where Peg will not be able to care for him alone. So, with reluctance, they decided to move into a life-care retirement community. Both were unhappy with the decision to move but felt that it was the best thing to do in their situation. They dreaded giving up their home and moving into the cramped apartment, and they wondered if they could ever be happy there.