|
|
Article: NEW OPTIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC RECREATION IN THE NATURALLY OCCURING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.(health)
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 National Recreation and Park Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Where do adults want to live when they pass the age of sixty? Amazingly, 86% want to stay right where they are and therapeutic recreation is becoming one of the vital services offered to help them maintain and improve the quality of their lives.
Much has been written about the graying of America, as well as of many Western nations. In the United States one in eight Americans is over the age of sixty-five. One common misconception is that being old means moving to a nursing home. In fact, 70% of seniors spend the rest of their lives where they were living at the age of sixty-five (McGuire, Boyd & Tedrick, 1999). Only four percent of those over sixty-five live in ...