We began the class preparing for the learning exchange group class outing next week to Casa de Manana. This will be the third time that we, as a class, are visiting Casa. The first time was a tour around the entirety of the community, and the second was our magnificent senior prom. However, next week will be a bit different that before; the life course scholars will be sharing our own work with the NAPS. We had a few minutes to prepare our presentations of the material. My group went to La Jolla, and so our findings about the community may be relevant to the residents who live at Casa. I am extremely curious as to what the seniors may believe is the ideal age-friendly community, and their perspectives are so important. As young people, we've never had to experience a community through the perspective of age-friendliness; as a matter of fact, that really does not come to mind whether walking on the street or going to the store. However, the people that do must have some very interesting insights about the inconveniences and/or potential solutions that I could never have imagined. Perhaps, the problems that we saw in the community may not actually be much of an issue for the seniors at all. I believe that this LEG with Casa de Manana will be a great learning opportunity of both generations.
We watched a documentary about ageism and the trends in aging, which I thought was really well made. I think the documentary was not only successful in conveying the information, but also it made the audience actually feel the incentive to do something about it. When I watched it and learned about all the pertinent issues that the human population will be facing in the upcoming years, I felt an urge that I, somehow, must act immediately to prevent it. In that sense, the documentary was exciting as well as incredibly informative.
We watched a documentary about ageism and the trends in aging, which I thought was really well made. I think the documentary was not only successful in conveying the information, but also it made the audience actually feel the incentive to do something about it. When I watched it and learned about all the pertinent issues that the human population will be facing in the upcoming years, I felt an urge that I, somehow, must act immediately to prevent it. In that sense, the documentary was exciting as well as incredibly informative.