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I moved my parents to Holladay Park Plaza in Portland in 2007 when they were 92 and 88.  They were very sad and reluctant to leave the Bay Area house they had lived in for 40 years.    After about two months at HPP, my dad said, "I only wish I had done this 10 years ago."   They had grown much too old and infirm to take advantage of any outside activities.  

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