Visiting the retirement community Casa De Mañana made for a pleasant day. On arriving to the facility greeted by a stunning panoramic view of La Jolla Cove. The friendly staff welcomed us and discussed some of the demographics about their community. I found it very interesting that this community is for the most part comprised of seniors that are highly educated and affluent according to the marketing manager. As one would expect Casa De Mañana is full of amenities ranging from fine dining to well-being and fitness programs to libraries that promote lifelong learning. Later we were able to meet a few of the residents and hear about their background and discuss how much they enjoyed the community. While touring the facility, we noticed there were plenty of people enjoying themselves and we even walked through a couple of fitness classes that the seniors were participating in and they gladly invited us to join in. The thing that struck me the most was finding out how much it costs seniors to live in the retirement community. Casa De Mañana offers traditional apartments, deluxe apartments, and deluxe villas ranging from $4300-$13,000 per month. This was a dramatic difference in price as compared to other senior centers we visited, so it was really interesting to see firsthand how one’s social economic status in life can have a dramatic effect on living conditions later on in life and witnessing how wide the wealth health gap really is. At the end of the day it was nice to see the seniors at the center living and enjoying long healthy life.
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June 2019
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