Neighbors in the San Pedro Valley look after each other. Scheduled help keeps that going by taking the load off the same two or three kind people.

Plenty of retirees came to Benson for one winter and stayed. Here’s what the next stage can look like in an RV resort or park home, and when help makes sense.

Look at the floor beside your parent’s bed. Slippers, laundry, a box. Desert-home housekeeping in Sierra Vista, Benson and Willcox starts with what’s down there.