Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
What a Modern Senior Center Looks Like
Clip: Season 6 Episode 29 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Movies, exercise and service projects help older adults stay active and connected.
What happens at Graceland Center for Purposeful Aging? Peggy Jacques describes a week that can include movies and discussion, bingo, exercise, educational programs, Scrabble, quilting and community service projects, all designed to support physical, cognitive and social well-being.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
What a Modern Senior Center Looks Like
Clip: Season 6 Episode 29 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
What happens at Graceland Center for Purposeful Aging? Peggy Jacques describes a week that can include movies and discussion, bingo, exercise, educational programs, Scrabble, quilting and community service projects, all designed to support physical, cognitive and social well-being.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- So let's say, what's Monday programming?
- [Peggy] Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
- Oh, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Oh, that's right.
You said three days a week.
Okay.
- So Tuesday is movie day and bingo.
- All right.
- And we do a lot, we try to do everything we can to keep cognitively and physically healthy.
So when we do a movie, after it gets finished, it's, you know, "What did you think about this plot?"
Or, you know, thought-provoking questions.
- [Christine] Mm-hmm.
- And then bingo 'cause just plain fun.
And then Wednesdays, we do fun exercises.
- [Christine] Okay.
- And then we always have a program.
Like last week, we had a gentleman talk about leaving your legacy, from a funeral home and how to really establish what it is you want to leave for your family.
Today, we have someone doing self-defense and self-awareness and situational safety for people.
- For men and women?
- For men and women.
- All right.
- And then on Thursday, sometimes we have a program, but people have really asked to have just a hangout day.
So we have a avid Scrabble group.
We have quilters, we have... And we do community service projects so we're making blankets for Ronald McDonald or we've made baskets for Foster Village, so it's just really well-rounded.
- And there are these organizations,
Creating Connection Through Art and Shared Meals
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Clip: S6 Ep29 | 1m 37s | Art activities and shared meals give older adults reasons to create, connect and belong. (1m 37s)
Why Senior Centers Matter After Retirement
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Clip: S6 Ep29 | 50s | Peggy Jacques explains how senior centers build connection and purpose after retirement. (50s)
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