Seniors Citizens - Support System/Activities

Ideas from Community

• Be more inclusive of older persons
• Offer and publicize more services to avoid nursing homes
• Offer respite care and support for caregivers
• Build more senior developments
• Offer retirement counseling, alternative options to retirement
• Create more connections between seniors and schools
• Involve seniors in decision making
• Offer opportunities and programs for elderly
• Utilize senior energy and talent
• Join with DMACC to provide free classes for retirees (English as a Second Language)
• Create more interaction between senior citizens and children
• Connect students with senior citizens
• Have seniors teach kids some “old fashioned” things like knitting
• Co-mingle older in-home people with young adults
• Involve seniors in character development of children through community activities
• Offer programs to get seniors and families together

Concerns from Community

• Need a senior health center and low rent housing
• Need more opportunities for middle-age adults/seniors