Alternative Wellness Programs for Seniors

Article jointly submitted by Broadway Proper and Desert Point.
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Today's seniors are more active than ever, therefore retirement communities are pursuing more innovative and hospitality focused programs and activities to offer their residents. Most retirement communities nowadays offer services such as restaurant-style dining and assisted living, however only recently have communities begun to offer pioneering services such as exercise and wellness support programs, travel programs, and concierge services.

Wellness and lifestyle support programs take senior fitness to a new level. These programs have been designed to offer a variety of choices for residents and enhance their quality of life through the wellness of mind, body, and spirit. Residents take a proactive approach to their own well being by choosing to participate in a variety of activities that enhance their physical, social, emotional, and spiritual wellness.

In addition to fitness, travel is an important part of anyone's life, and as people become older their ability to travel may decrease although the desire is always there. Therefore some retirement communities are developing escorted travel programs for their residents. The focus of these full-service travel programs is to offer reasonably priced, fully-escorted tour packages in an effort to enhance the quality of life of each participant, while creating a relaxing, safe and entertaining experience. Escorts are there to take care of all the details so travelers are free to relax and enjoy the sights along the way.

Many retirement communities compare their lifestyle to that of a fine hotel and are taking a more hospitable approach to servicing their residents. One way of doing this is by offering concierge services, such as travel arrangements, purchasing theater tickets, taxi or limousine services, dry cleaning, etc. Retirement communities are also offering a full range of spa services, from massages and facials to manicures and pedicures.

These are just a few of the pioneering programs being offered at many retirement communities today.