My experience at Duncaster has been excellent. It's a community of older people that kind of defies the description of most retirement communities, although our average age is pretty high. There's a great deal of diversity here, both career-wise and geographically. It's primarily a West Hartford community, since that's the closest big metropolitan area, but the backgrounds of the people I associate with vary greatly. I actually moved here from Texas, which is not unusual. It's a group of well-educated, well-traveled people.

Duncaster is a small community of only about 200 residents. It's like a turn-of-the-century small town. It's common for us to know the first names of the staff. In my view, this is like a chapter in a book: the book of your life. It may be a fine chapter, and it may not be, but it is one of the later chapters. Duncaster is a compatible community in which to spend it.