Earlier this week in class, we discussed details about our healthy aging project at the West Center that was coming up soon. My group was super excited about planning this dance for the seniors because we felt they would really appreciate it and we were also hoping that we would see some familiar faces from when we visited them last time. Today, we mainly focused on our neighborhood assessment project presentations. Our group decided to visit the town of Little Italy. Little Italy is full of history and amazing culture. Our group had an amazing time visiting the community where we ventured off into the farmers market and even indulged in some of their fresh foods. While giving our presentation we did discuss some of the findings in regards to senior living or lack thereof because there was only one senior living home in the area. Also, after chatting with some of the community residents we found out there is not much in terms of transportation inside of Little Italy which makes it hard to access food. For example, the nearest Albertsons and Vons were not within walking distance compared to the neighborhoods. It was also interesting to learn that the majority of the housing there was mainly young renters and this was unfortunate because we learned that most of the housing that was there were mostly luxury apartments and there were only a small amount of affordable housing options for seniors. Overall, after completing the neighborhood assessment project presentation and discussing the findings with the class we felt as a group Little Italy is more geared towards the younger crowds simply for the fact that most of the stores there tend to cater to younger crowds, the terrain which was mostly uphill would be difficult for certain seniors to navigate, and also the fact that most of the luxury apartments were all typically high-rise buildings with a lot of stairs which could present a problem for elders.
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June 2019
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