Aging Your Way: Phil and Cheryl create a new home for their well-being

The video opens on a blue-tinted aerial shot of a retirement community of houses. A white UnitedHealthcare emblem and title overlay appear on the screen. Gentle, upbeat acoustic guitar music plays throughout.

On-screen text:             Aging Your Way

Real people sharing how they're adapting,

thriving and aging on their own terms.

The title overlay fades. The video shows the exterior of a grey suburban house. The camera then cuts to show a wooden sign on the side of a house that says "BE KIND" with pink hand-painted hearts. A man and a woman sit side-by-side on a couch in their living room.

On-screen text:             Can you clap in front of your face

to sync the cameras?

Interviewer: Can you clap in front of your face to sync the cameras?

Man claps. A blue box with white text appears in the bottom left corner.

Interviewer: Perfect.

On-screen text: Phil

Phil: I couldn't do that two weeks ago.

Interviewer: Really?

Phil: Seriously.

Phil and the woman laugh. The camera shows a close-up of colorful dice rolling on a wooden table. Phil and the woman are sitting at a dining table, playing a board game.

Cheryl: We met in the office at the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1977.

A close-up shows Cheryl's face as she looks down at the game, wearing red glasses. On a wooden shelf, a framed photograph shows a young man, a young woman, and a young child walking together on a beach. Next to the photo is a miniature white delivery truck toy.

Phil: We'll be celebrating our 47th wedding anniversary this fall.

Phil and Cheryl are shown on the couch, smiling.

Phil: It's been a good run.

They chuckle. Phil rolls some dice on the table.

Cheryl: Phil had had his knee replaced.

A close-up shows Cheryl speaking to the camera from the couch. A blue box with white text appears in the bottom left corner.

On-screen text: Cheryl

Cheryl: But it was during the recovery from the knee that I really came to grips with the fact that we were not in our forever house.

Phil speaks to the camera from the couch.

Phil: We lived in a historic neighborhood in Richmond,

A framed painting on a wall shows a grey two-story house with a white front porch and red tulips in the front yard.

Phil: and we sort of looked at each other and we said, "Well, you know, the second story is getting harder to climb. Things are getting more difficult to do."

Phil and Cheryl sit on the couch looking ahead. The camera cuts to a close-up of Cheryl speaking.

Cheryl: What were we going to do? We weren't ready for continuing care. We looked at continuing care. The places we liked were profoundly expensive and not really what we thought we were ready for.

Phil is sitting in an office chair in a study, working on a computer. The room is shown through open double doors. The camera cuts to a close-up of Phil at his desk, typing on his keyboard.

Phil: So, we moved in in March of 2022.

A close-up shows Phil's hands typing on a white keyboard. He wears a gold wedding band on his ring finger. The camera shows the exterior of a front doorway of a beige house with dark trim and ferns in pots. The address "10430" is on a column next to the door.

Cheryl: There's not a threshold over a half inch in the house.

Phil speaks to the camera from the couch.

Phil: After we moved here, I ended up having both shoulders replaced.

Phil and Cheryl sit on the couch.

Cheryl: One at a time.

Phil: Yeah, one at a time.

They laugh.

Phil: Knees are hard. Shoulders are harder.

The camera pans across a walk-in shower with light grey tile, a large overhead shower head, a handheld sprayer, a built-in bench, and grab bars.

Phil: The bathroom has been a lifesaver, in terms of allowing me to be independent.

A close-up shows a chrome grab bar mounted on a beige wall next to a towel rack.

Phil speaks directly to the camera from the couch.

Phil: The biggest issue is not being a burden. You can unpack that in a lot of ways. I don't want to be a burden on my spouse. I don't want to be a burden on my kids.

Phil writes on a score card at the dining table. Cheryl then writes on her score card. An aerial shot shows a large suburban development of single-story homes with grey roofs.

Phil: And this community has been great for us. Our physical orbit, even though we're in this little retirement community, is broader than it was before we moved.

A close-up shows Cheryl speaking to the camera.

Cheryl: It's almost like your first year in college dorm time. Everybody's ready to make new friends in a way that you don't find in your middle years because people are so busy with their careers and families or whatever.

Phil and Cheryl sit on patio chairs outside, chatting. Phil has a black cane leaning against his chair. The camera shows a close-up of Cheryl smiling, followed by a close-up of the black cane resting on Phil's lap. Phil and Cheryl sit on the couch.

Phil: You really need to reach out, have new relationships, new friends, do new things.

A close-up shows Cheryl speaking to the camera.

Cheryl: We know that there are tools here to make this a good option for a long, long time.

Phil sits at the dining table looking toward the kitchen as Cheryl walks past.

Phil: I'm getting more functional every day.

Phil and Cheryl sit on the couch.

Phil: There are things I can do, like I said, things I couldn't do two weeks ago, I can do now.

A close-up shows Phil speaking.

Phil: It's a substantial stress reducer. It's a big deal.

The screen fades to white. The UnitedHealthcare logo appears in blue.

On-screen text:             UHC

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