Recreation for Seniors...Much More Than Bingo!!
The stereotype of Seniors sitting around playing bingo is old news! Today's Boomers rolling into retirement are demanding that the old paradigm be thrown out the window. The new model of Seniors is healthy, active, well off Zoomers who don't want to be pegged as Seniors! The truth is that a huge number of Boomers will fit that new picture but Boomers will bring those that are not healthy, those that are not active, many living in isolation and large numbers that will be living with poverty. So there is the challenge for the recreation profession; providing recreation services for Seniors on a number of continuums. This is truly a time for multi organization collaboration. The Health continuum; Seniors that are bed ridden to Seniors setting records at Masters Games. The activity continuum; limited activity to marathons The financial continuum; living in poverty to Seniors Club Med The housing continuum; homeless to totally independant living The personality contin