Letter: Puzzling Over Senior Housing in New Canaan

Given the controversy over Waveny LifeCare’s proposal to build a continuing care retirement community or “CCRC” on Oenoke Ridge, a number of people have said that New Canaan’s seniors currently have no place to go when they no longer want to deal with a house. They end up moving to a CCRC in Wilton, Darien, or another nearby town. Thinking about this (being analytical), if a person has their heart set on moving to a CCRC, that’s certainly true. New Canaan doesn’t have a CCRC yet, so, yes, they would need to move to one of our neighboring sister towns. I’ve lived in Oenoke Condominium since 1969 when my family moved here (it was Oenoke Apartments then; it converted to condominiums a few years later).