“A User’s Guide for Senior Living”
In the waiting room at the dentist’s, the lady in the next chair acted tired but seemed to want to talk. The conversation turned to downsizing, and she said, “Oh, I wish we had done that. It’s too late for us now. Our big old house has become a burden, but my husband’s health is such that we can’t make any change now.”
That comment sounded an alarm bell. As seniors we have to become highly sensitive new demands:
- Change - We have to face the fact that our senior years, like those of childhood, are a period of dramatic changes. Although cruise control can work well during middle age, it is a mistake to try to use it during our senior years. There is simply too much change.
- Information - Coping with that amount of change requires careful thought and access to a lot of new information. Although the Internet is awash with information for seniors, it is scattered, disorganized, and often confusing. There is no comprehensive, organized user’s guide.
- Perspective - At 25, we saw life very differently than we did at 5; at 45 differently than 25, and at 65 differently than 45. For this new information to be truly helpful, it must be presented from our own age perspective.
The aim of WikiSenior is to be that pragmatic User’s Guide that addresses these new demands. Ideally, this reference will contain enough information to equip any engaged senior to make practical plans and choices about how they will live their lives during these years of change. It is not only targeted at the Top Concerns of seniors, it also addresses those daily concerns, e.g. “Shall we eat out or in?” that we all face everyday.
What can you do?
- Share the insights you have learned through your own life experience. To be effective, this free guide about the challenges of senior living must be authored by the real experts of senior living, i.e. seniors themselves.
- Click on Write experiences, share wisdom, collaborate & author Topics to learn how it works. If you’ve just solved an issue, identify it and tell us what worked. You don’t need to be a computer expert. You just need to know how to type. . . one or two fingers, or more.
November 4th, 2010 at 3:00 am
i just thought that senior living is quite a lonely life because of limited physical activities _
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:01 am
senior living can be costly if you have not found a very good company or that offers a great deal ;-~
January 25th, 2011 at 9:13 am
”. I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives up to date information ‘::