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What a great idea!! People living their passion up to the very end. An RV-oriented Assisted Living run by volunteers:

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Assisted RV living

Retired RVers should take to the road "with the full knowledge that the day will come when you won't be able to do it anymore," says Kenny. "If you're a full-timer, you need to set aside a nest egg for making that transition -- buying a home and car, and so on."

For die-hard RVers, Escapees CARE Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, has another solution for those at the end of the road.

CARE, which stands for Continued Assistance for Retired Escapees, is an RV park in Livingston, Texas, where ill or disabled Escapee Club members can continue to live in their rigs, says director Robert Brinton.

"Some come for a recovery period after a knee replacement or eye surgery," he says, "and are gone again in a few weeks.

"We have others who -- due to failing sight, health issues or declining mental abilities -- have to hang up their keys. For a fee of $800 a month, they get a full hook-up site, meals, laundry and cleaning service and any assistance they need getting around. We have an adult day care center that's open weekdays."

Active Escapee members volunteer at the CARE Center for stints of a month or two, Brinton says, "so our residents always get a fresh group of RVers to talk to about what was their passion."