Stay Involved In Your Community
If you’re searching for ways to avoid feeling alone or are combating feelings of isolation, one of the biggest things you can do is to stay involved in your community.
Whether that means doing activities with friends or participating in events with a younger generation, staying involved in the community gives aging adults a chance to re-invest in themselves.
There are some effortless ways that people over 55 can remain more engaged in their communities. Consider doing some volunteer work.
If you’re not looking to live in an assisted living facility, volunteering at one is an excellent way to meet new people, feel fulfilled and maybe even make new friends. But the options don’t stop there.
You can also volunteer at a local: School, National Park, soup kitchen, library, or museum. Seniors who are qualified even have the option of becoming foster grandparents, where they’ll have the chance to mentor students, guide young mothers looking for help, or care for infants.
I started a group of 10 ladies who get together on the 3rd. Thursday of the month and play the phase 10 card game. We begin at 11 am and eat hour devours and drink wine. Then we have lunch at about 12:30 pm. and then go back to the card game. We are all retired ladies and we rotate the card game at different ladies’ homes.
We also go to other events together, and some of us go to Zumba class together and others go to Line Dancing class together. This year, a number of us started working as substitutes in the office at our local school system. We keep pretty busy. But it all started with our card game.