For seniors who have
retired and enjoy their retirement years in the comfort of their homes, a
senior center can be a strong form of socialization. Senior centers offer
social benefits, emotional benefits and in some ways financial benefits. When
it is hard to see how a community can justify maintaining a senior center or
you find it hard to locate a volunteer opportunity, consider these important
benefits of senior centers in the community.
Emotional Benefits
Seniors who attend
senior center activities on a regular basis are shown to have better emotional
health. The senior center offers an escape from lonely homes, lonely lives and
isolation. There are also volunteer efforts to offer seniors counseling free of
charge a community centers. These small efforts make large and lasting
impressions within the community.
Social Benefits
Socialization is
vastly important to happy senior living. Seniors who participate in senior
center activities enjoy being around other seniors, sharing stories and
participating in community activities. With the volunteer efforts of community
members, seniors who would normally be isolated are offered the chance to
maintain friendships and create new ones.
Financial Benefits
This is probably the
most important of the unspoken senior center benefits. Senior centers generally
offer services from 8 in the morning to 6 in the evening. This means that if a
senior wants to spend their day at the center they could receive two to three
meals, beverages, free health evaluations and other benefits that would
normally be far outside of their monthly budget. Just two meals per day and the
chance to socialize with friends offers many seniors benefits beyond measure.
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