senior centers
Retiree gathering places
Senior centers are community facilities offering programs and services for older adults, typically those 60 and above.
They provide social activities, meals, health screenings, and recreational classes: My grandmother plays cards at the senior center every Tuesday.
Also called senior citizen centers.
The British equivalent is often day centre.
- retireesPeople finished working permanently
- golden yearsLater life stage
- health screeningsPreventive medical tests
- blood pressure checksMeasuring circulatory system force
- community centersPublic gathering facilities
older adults · retirement homes · bingo · card games · nonprofit organizations · exercise classes · arts and crafts · shuffleboard · line dancing · social workers · accessible entrances · wheelchair ramps · baby boomers · transportation services · support groups · geriatrics · empty nesters · socialization
- Elder Lawelder abuse, elder rights, elder care, elder neglect, eldercare
- recreationgames, sports, fun, play, swimming
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- community organizationscommunity centers, nonprofits, civic groups, volunteer groups, civic clubs
- community programsafter-school programs, adult classes, summer programs, family programs, computer lab
- community resourceslibraries, food banks, health clinics, mental health clinics, legal aid
senior centersyouth centers
Community spaces for adolescents
teen centers · daycare centers · preschools · after-school programs · children's museums