I appreciated having the time today to reflect on our visits to senior housing options throughout San Diego. It was helpful for us to debrief about our trip to Casa de Manana because we will be visiting again very soon for their dance. Speaking of which, I am really excited for our upcoming events at Casa de Manana and the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center. I hope the seniors are looking forward to these dances as well!
The current events this week brought up two very different but important topics of discussion. Self-negligence is a very real issue which often goes unnoticed for a long time. It frequently goes hand-in-hand with depression, a condition in which seniors may suffer with that prevents them from performing their routine day-to-day activities. Seeing as how ageism and the culture surrounding aging are against seniors, it is no wonder why they might find it hard to find the motivation to simply live. With this in mind, I think using robots to assist older folks would be a beautiful thing to see in the near future. Robots could help older people with a variety of things ranging from medication reminders to basic human interaction. With some more thought and careful planning, I see great things happening in the future with robots being used to help older folks.
Planning for the Senior Prom for the West Center has been going well, and I am happy to see everything coming together. I received my first donation this past week and am hoping that more will be on the way this next coming week.
The current events this week brought up two very different but important topics of discussion. Self-negligence is a very real issue which often goes unnoticed for a long time. It frequently goes hand-in-hand with depression, a condition in which seniors may suffer with that prevents them from performing their routine day-to-day activities. Seeing as how ageism and the culture surrounding aging are against seniors, it is no wonder why they might find it hard to find the motivation to simply live. With this in mind, I think using robots to assist older folks would be a beautiful thing to see in the near future. Robots could help older people with a variety of things ranging from medication reminders to basic human interaction. With some more thought and careful planning, I see great things happening in the future with robots being used to help older folks.
Planning for the Senior Prom for the West Center has been going well, and I am happy to see everything coming together. I received my first donation this past week and am hoping that more will be on the way this next coming week.