Retirement community

The term senior center has two different meanings. It can be a meeting place for older people refer to - comparable to a youth center. This is often also tried generation across to bring together people of different ages. Mostly, however, it is used for elderly residential or nursing facilities.

Seniors meeting centers

Here, the visitor Community action in the foreground. Are offered, for example, shared meals, craft classes, singing and playing, common walks or short trips, Internet courses and general information. The meeting places are mostly stattteilnah when they are in church- even kirchennah. To distinguish them meeting places for "Young and Old ", the majority of their working children and families are devoting (student tutoring, etc.). Increasingly importance also get facilities of a cultural nature for older people with a migration background, such as centers for formerly entered the country as guest workers, Greeks or Turks.

Old residential facilities

The term senior center wants to avoid negative mental links with the word " age " here. " Center " but also points to an over simple retirement or nursing homes offer larger. To include short-term courses for temporary accommodation of dependent older people, for example, family carers to enable a care break to offer. Special mention must be made also external contacts, a café as part of the device can be opened for seniors from the environment, cultural events make contacts with other bodies and on the adjacent municipality area.

The term senior center is sometimes used for assisted living facilities for seniors. Often there are different deals for stationary, possibly also for outpatient care ( social service ).

Living and meeting place for seniors

The combination of both meanings of the terms sought by some of the larger institutions that wish to make in addition to a living and care sector and the general meeting of senior citizens. Such senior centers are open to everyone and therefore often have a restaurant and numerous cultural attractions not only for nursing home residents.