4 Unique Activities for Assisted Living Residents

 

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As CEO of Innovative Senior Living, Klaus Axen is dedicated to creating healthy, relaxing, and upscale communities for elderly individuals who require assisted living and specialized care. Klaus Axen works to ensure Innovative Senior Living communities provide residents with a safe and enjoyable living experience. As part of a satisfying lifestyle, people residing in assisted living residences often enjoy taking part in a variety of activities. Below are four entertaining pastimes for these seniors to enjoy.

1. Pet Therapy. Although pet therapy has typically involved bringing in guest pets to visit residents, some communities are now housing animals on-site so that seniors can spend time with them. Animals living alongside the residents may include fish, guinea pigs, bunnies, cats, and even miniature ponies.

2. Opportunities for advanced education. Some assisted living communities provide opportunities for residents to take college courses, hear academic guest lecturers, and take part in the sports, academic, and cultural programs offered at affiliated academic institutions which cater to seniors.

3. Life-story classes. Residents in assisted living arrangements often want to create a legacy and can benefit from taking classes offered by local experts on how to record their life stories by creating scrapbooks and writing memoirs.

4. Performing arts. Creative directors at assisted living residences can get residents involved in performing arts activities, such as singing, karaoke, dancing groups or flash mobs to create a fun and entertaining environment for everyone who lives there to enjoy.