Best ever senior living community-Why am I not opting?

 

BEST EVER SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY – WHY AM I NOT OPTING?

We heard about an old age home, also known as a retirement home, is a residential facility designed for older adults who need assistance with daily living and/or require specialized care. These homes provide a safe and supportive environment for seniors, offering services like meals, housekeeping, medical care, and recreational activities to maintain their quality of life. Paid and free services are there with benefits and many considerations.

Now  trending advertisements I see in newspapers, a full page ad, for old age and retired citizens, “Happy Senior Living” at the cost of Rs.89 Lakhs starting for 2 & 3 BHK Senior Citizen Homes, offering world-class housekeeping, amenities for active and healthy lifestyle, movies, picnics and more!

It’s true that both old age homes and senior living communities cater to the needs of older adults, but the difference is the economics behind both the facilities and the real cause of living away from common society.

From my point of view, I don’t prefer to live away from the common neighborhood, where we lived all along and not intend to move when the time comes that grown-up children are away from us due to employment and their future. My better half also agrees with me in this decision. Our reasons may be different from others but it suits us best for us to live a happy living at old age.

We live in a street house and in our neighborhood; there are more than 30 children of all ages, studying from class two to undergraduate. They frequently visit us for educational assistance, other co-curricular activities and join with us for all the celebrations and festivals of all faiths, which we never miss. We both give spare time to the needy children, irrespective of the time, they knock at our doors.

Their associations with us changed their lives, as we talk to them on spiritual topics, social and Gandhian thoughts. Some kids become a public speaker, though they were naïve before and few changed their attitude for the better. They developed reading habits from the books from my library and senior kids support us by taking us to doctors, when we become sick.

The best part is all the children’s parents are so supportive in sending their kids to our home. They join with their kids and celebrate our birthdays and wedding day, all religious festivals and in reciprocation, we celebrate the kid’s birthdays and academic achievements by giving small gifts as appreciation. Their handmade greetings are a token of their love and affection for us and we keep it as priceless possession. Summer time they spend with us playing indoor games.

We are like their grandparents, as many miss their grandparents in today’s nuclear family style of living! I can add more and more to share my happiness in living together with the people around us in the neighborhood, rather than as a couple living with other senior persons. We live simply and get immense pleasure in moving with young minds by sharing our life long experiences. It is a learning opportunity for us also from them.  Our aim is to shape the children to become selfless, responsible citizens in their future.  ! Happy with living among children in our neighborhood.

                             Best Ever Senior Living Community – I am not opting! .