October 6, 2026

Sometimes a son or daughter calls me and says, “Dad wants to stay near the university and keep going to lectures, but none of us live close enough to help if his health changes.” That’s often when University Retirement Community at Davis, or URC, comes up. URC is a life plan community, which means you…

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