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Biking, hiking, swimming–if this sounds more like a summer camp or school vacation, think again. For today's baby boomers and seniors, retirement communities offer a broad range of intellectual, physical, and social activities. That's why, for retirees looking for community involvement and a continuing sense of self, retirement housing options are ideal.
According to Nanette Overly, vice president of sales and marketing for Epcon Communities, a developer of active adult housing, “today’s boomers and retirement adults want to live somewhere that makes healthy lifestyle choices easy. With amenity-filled, maintenance-free living, and high-quality workout facilities, residents of retirement lifestyle communities have several effortless activity options within their neighborhood.”
Overly also notes that today’s centers are embracing nature more than ever. “Many of these neighborhoods make use of surrounding resources with integrated hiking and biking trails, lake access, beach access and sports opportunities. This increasingly popular residential format enables seniors to simultaneously assert their independence by making their own retirement choices while having a community support system to encourage those choices.”
Such choices, says Judith Ganton, RN, BSN, and chief of administration and owner of Lloyd Ganton Retirement Centers, Inc. (Spring Arbor, MI), give residents the opportunity to become as retirement and social as they want. “We have holiday parties and birthday parties every month," Ganton explains. "We make up reasons for parties like a hat day party, paint the town red, fight the blues of winter, rock 'n roll away the day, even a pool party."
And they don’t just party. Ganton’s centers offer on-site activities ranging from Bible study to strength training and off-site activities such as dinners and concerts. While the cost of on-site activities is included in the monthly rent, additional fees are charged for outings off-premises.
For seniors who love to be retirement it's clear that retirement communities can provide for health and fun.
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