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Monday, November 16, 2009
Senior Community Centers
It is important to remember that senior community centers and living centers are different. Living center is a term for assisted living and nursing home facilities. Community centers are facilities that provide day activities for seniors who are 65 or older. These community centers became established in the 1970’s. More and more of the population are becoming elderly adults, so community centers become more important as to how they impact the health of seniors.
These centers allow elderly people to spend time with their peers and to take part in many activities. For the rest of the community, there is much to learn from the wisdom and experiences of the seniors. Although, physically they cannot, many seniors want to give something to their community.
Often, seniors can share personal, firsthand accounts of the stories that the youth learn in their school history class. The stories that the elderly can share give them a chance to enjoy spending time with others, while bringing history to reality for the children.
In order to provide for the social life of the seniors, these centers often provide shopping trips, bowling excursions, and even golfing days. From a healthcare perspective, the large group of seniors gathered together is a perfect opportunity to provide for their wellness needs. This can be accomplished through testing, screenings, and inoculations.
In addition, many community centers provide such as laundry services to help the elderly out. Another option that the community centers provides is a type of care during the day so that family members can go to work or do their errands while the senior is provided for.
After the community center comes something called the independent living center. Seniors who take part in this have to be able to care for themselves and keep up with their basic needs. After this is the assisted living facility, which provides independent living along with extra care and help with basic needs. Assisted living options provide medical services for 24-hours a day.
Not all of the independent living facilities are the same. This is because any location that caters to only seniors can be classified as one of these facilities. Additionally, many of these facilities include a community center since the seniors can keep up their social life with their peers.
Interestingly, a Pennsylvania study points out that the chances for a senior to take part in their local community center greatly increase if they are received medical help or Medicare from the government.
In addition, studies have shown that seniors who do not go to a community center have higher needs emotionally and socially. These people generally do not have as much medical assistance and have lower needs financially.
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