Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Why Senior Centers Matter After Retirement
Clip: Season 6 Episode 29 | 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Peggy Jacques explains how senior centers build connection and purpose after retirement.
Peggy Jacques explains why retirement can leave people searching for identity and connection. She describes senior centers as hubs for resources, socialization, meals and support, and shares why she believed Peoria needed a place designed to help older adults stay engaged after leaving the workforce.
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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
Why Senior Centers Matter After Retirement
Clip: Season 6 Episode 29 | 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Peggy Jacques explains why retirement can leave people searching for identity and connection. She describes senior centers as hubs for resources, socialization, meals and support, and shares why she believed Peoria needed a place designed to help older adults stay engaged after leaving the workforce.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Because senior centers were made with the Social Security Act to be a center because people were retired and thought, "Who am I?
What am I?
I used to be a worker.
I was this and that."
- Right.
They had an identity.
- Exactly.
- Okay, but they don't now.
Now that they're retired.
- Right.
And so now what do you do?
And so senior centers were created to help make it a hub of communication, resources, of how to get help if you need it, socialization and meals and that kind of thing.
And many communities took advantage of that.
The one in Springfield is 50 years old.
Pekin Miller Center is 40 years old.
Bloomington-Normal has a beautiful center called the Activity & Recreation Center that's 25 years old.
- [Christine] Mm-hmm.
- And so when I looked around and I thought, "Well, I could do that."
(laughs) - Okay, big bite.
Yeah, big bite to chew, right?
- Big bite.
- All right.
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)
What a Modern Senior Center Looks Like
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Clip: S6 Ep29 | 1m 16s | Movies, exercise and service projects help older adults stay active and connected. (1m 16s)
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