| For seniors, Atlanta is a great place to live in. It has | | | | - If you are a live music lover then you can ask the |
| almost everything that a person can hope to have | | | | management to take you and your friends to Fox |
| around when he or she grows old. This is one of the | | | | Theater, the EARL, The Masquerade, The Star |
| reasons why there are so many Atlanta senior | | | | Community Bar, the Variety Playhouse, and the |
| housing facilities in the city. | | | | Tabernacle. |
| Another reason is the large number of people above | | | | - If classical music is your choice then places like |
| 55 years of age in the city. 17.1 percent population of | | | | Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Georgia Boy Choir, |
| Atlanta is 55 years old or older, according to the | | | | Atlanta Ballet, New Trinity Baroque, Atlanta Opera, |
| "Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000" | | | | and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are waiting to |
| released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Of which, 9.7% | | | | welcome you. |
| people are 65 years old or older, and 3.3% people | | | | - And for the people with a taste for high art, |
| falls in age bracket of 60 to 64. In absolute terms | | | | Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta |
| 40,535 people are 65 or above in Atlanta. | | | | Institute for the Arts, High Museum of Art, and the |
| This has led to opening of all kinds of Atlanta senior | | | | Center for Puppetry Arts present a great |
| housing facilities in the neighborhood. If classified | | | | opportunity to explore. |
| according to the level of care given or needed, the | | | | Assisted living |
| senior housing can be classified into three categories: | | | | Atlanta assisted living arrangement is good for the |
| (1) Independent living, (2) assisted living, and (3) | | | | person who can function properly, but wants a little |
| nursing. | | | | bit of help in doing the activities of daily living |
| Independent living | | | | (ADL)like cooking, driving, taking bath, and medication, |
| An independent senior housing provides a good | | | | etc. People opting for assisted living need a certain |
| alternative to the person who wants to and can live | | | | level of personal care every day, and they also |
| independently without any external support. You will | | | | require immediate medical attention from time to |
| be given all the privacy you need, all the activities | | | | time. The facility needs to have well-trained and |
| you want to participate in, and all the things you | | | | qualified support staff to help elderly live their life |
| want to and can eat. | | | | comfortably and peacefully. |
| Independent senior housing is best-suited for those | | | | Nursing |
| who do not want to take the burden of maintaining | | | | It is full-care Atlanta senior housing facility. People |
| their houses, but want to live independently among | | | | who needs round the clock care by trained and |
| like-minded peers. In this kind of setting, personal | | | | qualified medical staff should move to this kind of |
| care is not provided, but meals, transportation, | | | | setting. In this kind of senior housing a proper |
| housekeeping, and planned activities are offered to | | | | monitoring of each resident is done, and it also has |
| the residents. | | | | qualified staffs to fulfill all the medical and non-medical |
| The cultural richness of Atlanta makes the city a | | | | requirements of the residents. Nursing staffs assist a |
| nearly perfect place for this kind of living. To keep | | | | resident until he gets well and starts functioning |
| yourself entertained, you can visit any place you like, | | | | properly on his own. In total, Atlanta has around 60 |
| but | | | | nursing homes. |