-- Turnagain Social Club, an adult day center in Anchorage, Alaska, has published an online guide highlighting five ways older people can tackle the issue of loneliness.
More details can be found at http://turnagainsocialclub.com/blog/five-ways-to-tackle-loneliness-as-you-get-older
The announcement of Turnagain Social Club’s online guide will be of interest to older people and their families who may be worried about the negative experience of loneliness following retirement, friends or family moving away, or a bereavement.
The guide explains how maintaining an active social life is just as important for an older person’s physical health as it is for their mental health.
Many people experience loneliness as they get older. For people living in remote locations in Alaska, this can be a real problem, especially after they have given up driving. Sometimes it becomes too difficult to get out and about and make the effort to stay in touch with people.
To combat loneliness, Turnagain Social Club recommends older people follow five simple steps. These five steps include joining a social club, exercising more, learning new things, going on trips or excursion, and reconnecting with like-minded people.
Turnagain Social Club enables older people in Anchorage to take these five steps and break the cycle of loneliness. The club provides transportation to and from fun activities and offers a community of friendship while providing the care older people often need to stay active, safe, and comfortable.
With a low staff-to-member ratio, the club’s social groups can be small and intimate or large and loud. So whether people enjoy shopping trips, museum tours, fishing excursions, or visits to local fairs, theaters, or parks, Turnagain Social Club helps their members access all the things they love.
A spokesperson for Turnagain Social Club said, “Finding the perfect care facility is a huge decision for an individual or family member. However, at Turnagain Social Club, we believe there are many different ways to enrich older people’s lives and help them kick loneliness to the curb once and for all.”
More information about Turnagain Social Club’s online guide about how people can tackle the problem of loneliness as they get older is available at http://turnagainsocialclub.com/blog/five-ways-to-tackle-loneliness-as-you-get-older
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