Lynch describes the importance of OACs and ongoing building issues
Lynch says older adults come to centers for friendship, meals, activities, and belonging. She says centers work to feel like a second home but constantly deal with building issues with no clear resolution. Leaks and lack of heat force closures of sections and disrupt programming.
When I think about our older adult centers, I think about the people who walk through our doors every day.
People who have worked their entire lives, raised families, contributed to their communities, and now they're at a place where they can simply enjoy the chapter of their lives.
For many of our older adults, the center is more than somewhere to go during the day.
It's where they see their friends, share a meal, laugh, participate in activities, and feel like they belong.
For some, it may be the only part of the time of the day that they get to conversate with anyone or feel part of something.
And that's why these centers mean so much to us.
We work hard to make our centers feel like a second home, but how can we truly provide that feeling?
We are constantly dealing with building issues that seem to have no clear resolution.