Seniors Recreation Essay

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Senior’s Recreation It is important in our community today that we take extra care of the elder generation who did so much for us in the past years. Having senior recreation centers are a perfect example of providing the elderly with the respect and care that they deserve. The city of Hamilton does have many well established senior recreation centers available to mostly individuals over the age of fifty-five. Scattered all over the city, these centers have social calendars, exercise clubs, cafeterias, parties, events and some even include housing. Although some seniors aren’t capable of getting to these centers on their own, Hamilton offers transportation services which is a very helpful system that gets thee seniors from point A to point B without any troubles or worries. The city government provides several ways for seniors to stay active and involved in our community today. One of the most popular places for seniors to go in Hamilton is known as First Place. They offer two types of services that are open to the elderly over the age of fifty-five, which are, independent living and retirement living. Both of these divisions offer housing, food, and exercise programs. The difference between the two is that retirement living is for seniors who are healthy and active but are too overwhelmed with the everyday routine, so they are provided with the care from St. Joseph’s home care services. The independent living is simply a place for healthy and active seniors to live and take care of themselves. Both facilities have social calendars with many events to created for the seniors to attend to stay social able with one another. It is one big community with a mall, community ministries, wellness programs and dining and social events for them to gather together and live a long and healthy lifestyle that they should be provided with, with the help from the city of
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