How Active Senior Living Leads to Happiness
Staff Who Care
The staff members who interact with seniors on a daily basis make the biggest difference in the happiness of seniors. Staff facilitate fun activities, keep residents motivated, and help make life easier whenever possible.
Socialization
When senior living communities focus on building community among all their members, residents are happier. The Senior Solutions Management Group suggests that meals are a key part of socialization because they provide a time for seniors to interact with each other on a regular schedule. Providing time, space, and structured activities for families to participate in also helps fulfill seniors’ social needs.
Whole-Person Care
When senior living communities cater to the whole person, they create opportunities for exercise, artistic expression, spiritual expression, and intellectual pursuits as well.
Where to Start
The best place to start building happiness in a senior living community is with the seniors themselves. Ventura Townehouse focuses on this by treating seniors with a person-centered mindset. When seniors are treated in all areas of their lives, they feel more comfortable and happier.
Staff in senior living communities can take small steps daily to increase seniors’ level of happiness. For example, they can create community events or serve seniors at shared mealtimes. They can also make sure to greet seniors by name and speak with them about their lives. These changes may seem small, but they surely help seniors to grow happier bit by bit!
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If you’re searching for an active senior living community in Ventura, please contact us for more information or to tour our community.
Works Cited
“Resident Councils in Residential Care/Assisted Living .” CanHR, 14 Apr. 2016, www.canhr.org/factsheets/rcfe_fs/PDFs/FS_RCFE_Resident_Councils.pdf.
“Creating a Sense of Community in the Senior Living Dining Room.” Assisted Living, Senior Dementia Care in Georgia & Tennessee – Senior Solutions, 26 May 2016, www.ssmgrp.com/blog/creating-a-sense-of-community-in-the-senior-living-dining-room/.
