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Online Community For Seniors
from:As the population ages, marketers have discovered that many seniors are interested and fascinated by the Internet. Many individuals who are over 60 are computer literate and have learned that the Internet can be useful for work and leisure activities. Many individuals have realized this fact and are beginning to create an online community for seniors that will attract seniors to their services. There is even a site called “The Cool Grandma” that declares its intentions to empower the online senior community, while having fun along the way.
Many organizations are developing an online community for seniors to provide specific information. Some sites are meant to help seniors find housing, if the seniors want or need to move. Some sites have been created only to become a site of links to other sites. The idea is that there will be one online community for seniors that can provide information on such things as government services and programs, as well as information on health care, medical providers who cater to seniors and leisure activities.
What might surprise younger people is that a development in the online community for seniors that helps seniors find people “like them” has developed. Yes, that means that seniors are looking for companionship, just as people of other ages seek companionship. Many seniors have outlived their partners. Many seniors want to enjoy their retirement in the company of someone who enjoys the same things. A Google search for “senior personals” found over one million hits. Many of these sites are listed as “friend finders” or “personals” but many are listed as dating services that cater strictly to the online community for seniors.
An area of the online community for seniors that will likely grow in the next decade will be in the arena of online gaming. Many people get involved in online interactive games from friends. There is no reason to expect that these people will suddenly cease playing, simply because they have celebrated their sixtieth (or sixty fifth, or whatever) birthday. Senior online gamers may or may not be similar to other online gamers, but it is reasonable to expect that many entrepreneurial individuals will develop a series of online games, both interactive and non-interactive, that will appeal primarily to the senior gamer.
The online community may or may not see major changes as some of its members age. Since computers allow users a large degree of anonymity, many seniors may continue to enjoy the ability to “just be one of the gang” and not have anyone comment on age. Other seniors will likely want an online community for seniors that has been created for seniors only. Given the history of the Internet, all seniors will likely find what they want.
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Mesa Senior Community News
Retiree Havens Turn Younger to Combat the Housing Bust - Wall Street Journal
Retiree Havens Turn Younger to Combat the Housing Bust Wall Street Journal - Residents of Sun City, a retirement community in Sun City, Ariz., for instance, don't pay city taxes because the development is technically unincorporated. ... |
Mesa strives for Main Street 'renaissance' - East Valley Tribune
Mesa strives for Main Street 'renaissance' East Valley Tribune, AZ - A community where people can walk to a coffee shop or the dry cleaners from their home, buy groceries, or pick up some flowers and hop on the light rail to ... |
• Shoppers flock before sunrise - Daily Pilot
• Shoppers flock before sunrise Daily Pilot, CA - He retired in 1983, but he still lives and helps out in the community cooking pancake breakfasts at the Costa Mesa Senior Center and meals at the local ... |
An attitude of service revived his body, then his spirit - East Valley Tribune
An attitude of service revived his body, then his spirit East Valley Tribune, AZ - With rehabilitation, he was out on his own and lives independently at a Mesa retirement community. "I say that if you doctors want to take the credit, ... |
Holiday calendar (12/03) - Ahwatukee Foothills News
Holiday calendar (12/03) Ahwatukee Foothills News, AZ - Hosted by First Call Singles and City of Grace, Mesa. Singles of the valley are invited to dress up (semi-formal), and mix and mingle with other singles of ... |
Settling in not down - Mohave Valley News
Settling in not down Mohave Valley News, NV - Just before Marr retired, he asked his employer to transfer him to the Southwest and they sent him to their Costa Mesa, Calif. office. ... |