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from:What is a “Senior’s Community”? That phrase may conjure up images of frail individuals in wheel chairs, muttering unintelligible things as they slowly wheel themselves down the halls of a nursing home. Since some people do develop medical problems as they age, this kind of senior’s community still exists and will likely exist for several decades, or at least until medical science can find ways to keep people healthy, agile and active until the day they die.
This possibility does exist today, in some fashion. Medical care, though still expensive and sometimes elusive, is easier to obtain today than it was a century ago. The medical advances of the last fifty years have enabled children to lead healthier lives. As a result of a healthy childhood, many adults have healthier lives which then mean that they can have healthier and more active years as a senior. This improvement in one’s health has caused a change in the nature of senior’s community.
Many seniors have had problems with transportation. Today, many communities have developed some form of a transportation program that frequently uses the services of volunteers. Whatever the method, many seniors now have a greater ability to leave their residence and see other parts of their community.
Many housing developments are being created for the 55 year old and older individuals. These communities can range from manufactured homes to single family dwellings or condominiums. These residential communities provide a variety of activities to the residents, enabling many people to have access to activities they now have time to enjoy.
Many seniors invest in some form of moving home and travel through the country. These seniors now have the time to take leisure trips and see places they have always wanted to see. They are seeing a senior’s community that is far larger than any senior expected to see even fifty years ago.
The senior’s community has even become as large as the world. Many of the people who are about to join the ranks of seniors have learned to use computers and become acquainted with the Internet. Having learned to use a computer, and possibly even owning one, these seniors – to – be will change the senior’s community by making connections with other people across the globe.
Seniors with limited mobility are no longer limited in their ability to connect with other people. Computers allow homebound seniors the opportunity to connect with people outside their home, outside their state and even outside their country. There are groups for seniors online which share information and allow people to contact one another. The senior’s community has changed, thanks to technology, and many seniors are wondering how it will look ten years from now.
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